The Benefits of Writing in Present Tense
How changing your verbs can create a more immersive story experience
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4 min readJul 8, 2020
Most writers, when they’re writing a story, narrate their stories as if the events of the story already happened using past-tense verbs. For example, “Maggie stood outside the door and listened to her parents fighting.” The verbs “stood” and “listened” in this sentence are both…
