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Ok, like the title says, just answer the question before you and then ask a new question. This will make it so you don't have to start an entire new thread for every little question you have. I'll start.


When a story is in past tense, and the main character is thinking something, would they think in present tense?
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Correct.

Thoughts are usually in present tense, and first person.

So, if you wanted to change this line into thoughts:

She hoped nothing bad would happen


You would rewrite it like so:

I hope nothing bad will happen.


Does that make sense?
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Thanks! That's what I thought, I just wanted to double check because I've been messing uop my tenses lately.

(The next person can just put their question, since there isn't one to answer right now.)
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