I working on editing a novel and I've come across a potential issues with tenses. I want things in past tense because that's the way most books are and I feel they read better that way.
So right to the point...
Example passage:
"My phone let out a loud buzz and I nearly jumped out of my desk chair. It’s a Friday night and I’m trying to kill time and pretend that I have a life by surfing the internet."
Here I kind of have a mix, right? Am I technically supposed to say "...I nearly jumped out of my desk chair. It was a Friday night and I was trying to kill time..."
The way I have it feels right to me but I think I'm getting it wrong...
What's technically right here? Does every verb have to be in past tense or are there exceptions?
Thanks much!
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