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Fiction

krispos42

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1. Is this a current fad?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 07:57 AM

Sep 2013

Makes me wince, although I've seen it in stuff that's narrated. I think it's done to increase tension.

But nothing I read is current, currently.

I just read "The Thin Red Line", and I'm rereading some Dan Brown "Deception Point". Don't judge me...

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I wish fiction writers wouldn't write in the present tense. [View all] raccoon Sep 2013 OP

Is this a current fad? krispos42 Sep 2013 #1

I like to read non-current stuff as well, 1970's and 80's. nt raccoon Sep 2013 #2

That, and the lack of quotation marks.... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #3

Oh, thank god that I have not run into that yet. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #4

If the lack of quotation marks bugs you...... Paladin Sep 2013 #9

You give your age away. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #5

Pynchon's taking on 9/11. I'll cut him some slack. (nt) Paladin Sep 2013 #8

I spend a whole year LWolf Sep 2013 #6

I agree. And it's all too common. SheilaT Sep 2013 #7

Elly Griffiths DUgosh Oct 2013 #10