I've try freewriting from time to time. i never really manage to finish a story but it kinda helps to shake off some rust and get some raw ideas down.
It's been a really long time since i've been back at this site. not sure if the old faces i knew are still here, but i figure i'd still try to go...
I agree. Once you use First-Person Present Tense, you're asking for trouble. It comes off like reading a bad fanfic.
I find from the story I'm writing that writing with a subdued voice works best for present tense. The story in question is more of a Cyberpunk...
I guess that's why i decided to write a story in it; I want to challenge myself and I'm getting bored of the same style I've tried using.
There's definitely a bias for past tense since almost every story is told from this perspective alone. Unorthodoxy is almost always met with some...
I'm currently writing a story where I am experimenting with using present tense instead of the usual past tense for overall narration. (I can...
for the last 3 years i've been in much of a slump. Barely writing long amounts of sentences, and still having having trouble finishing my novel...
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." - Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
