Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Past tense vs present tense



I’m writing a short story. I am using the past tense, but I have sections where I describe people and places that are supposed to still be in existence.


Should I continue to refer to them in the past tense e.g., “She had green eyes”, or should I switch to present tense e.g., “She has green eyes”?


I know that switching tense on readers is not very good form. What would be the effect of switching tenses like this?




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