Someone told me writing in present tense would make the story sound like it's being written as the story progresses. Not always true, but, is that right?
Now the problem I'm having is writing in present tense, and in 1st person view.
I noticed I can't make the words to draw enough sympathy to the reader, and also it's hard to "skip scenes" like how it's possible in past tense; as in, write down the things that matter in day 1, skip to the night time when the MC thinks about the intense battle the next morning, skip to the next morning, etc.
I feel writing in present tense makes the MC (of course, because the MC is also the narrator in 1st person) have less control in the flow, and often gets stuck in one scene without being able to freely skip to the next crucial scene in the story.
For example, the MC is figuring out how to do the ancient art of kamehameha. Describing it in present tense would make the MC be stuck in, maybe the process of "feeling" the energy or something for several pages, while in past tense the MC could easily say(or write) "This was not easy. I spent three days figuring out how to discover the energy in me, only to find it silly that I learned it was much easier for me after I took a certain type of drink. A certain drink which also makes my legs wobbly."
I'm thinking of changing my work to past tense, even though I really like the effect of "live action" in doing it in present tense.
Another thing. Is it possible to make it present tense, but switch to past when he's talking about the past only? Or is it better to do everything in past tense, and explicitly mention when the MC is talking about the past?
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