What tense makes you feel the most comfortable?

by Adrian Sroka
28th April 2013

What tense makes you feel the most comfortable, and did you choose it before deciding to write?

I use an omniscient narrator. Before I started to write I never considered what tense to use. It may seem strange, but I was oblivious to the tense I was using, until someone mentioned it. Even then I did not think much about it. I was simply inspired to write. I believe that a natural style is the most comfortable way to write.

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Lol, Jonathon and Victoria.

I went to the doctor. I said in the morning I feel like a wigwam, and in the evening I feel like a Tepee. He said, 'I'm two tents', or did he mean tense.

Now where did I leave my medication?

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Lol. I think Adrian means POV. I tend to write with an omniscient narrator and then go through and turn it into 3rd limited as it's so much more comfortable for the reader. Although, checking through my books recently I'm not sure that is what I've done. Still, limiting the omniscience has had a positive affect, I think. Head jumping causes headaches.

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Calm down, Mr Foster - you know how you start splitting infinitives when you get riled ;)

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