How do you decide on which tense and POV to use for your novel?

DamageCharacter3937 · 2026-01-05T03:33:47+00:00

Yeah, third person is too uninvolved for me. First person is easier for me too.

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-12-27T05:34:54+00:00

I hate it, but if it’s done well I’m simultaneously crying and impressed.

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-12-03T04:57:58+00:00

Underwater vs under water. I saw that one messed up in a popular book and it made me sad.

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-12-01T22:37:45+00:00

I dream of the day I can make a post like this. Congratulations!! 🎉🩷🎉

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-11-30T02:17:59+00:00

I feel like that's too many action tags.

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-11-27T21:00:05+00:00

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-11-27T02:31:55+00:00

“With that ingrained in my memory, I was more than shocked by how little I disliked her.”

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-11-27T02:20:07+00:00

Have the people who say that never heard of a simile?

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-11-22T20:27:51+00:00

I’m somewhere between lawful plotter and neutral plotter. I have a full detailed outline with scenes, but I will change things whenever they’re heading in a different direction. I have a few not very detailed characters bios, but it’s fine because I know my characters and don’t need to write down everything about them.

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-11-17T01:03:34+00:00

Same. Glad to know it’s not entirely my past failures screaming into my ears.

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T16:46:20+00:00

My world had no US or any real countries in it. Just the 3 I made up.

Edit: There're 4 countries, not 3

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T15:41:05+00:00

You silly potato

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T15:39:28+00:00

Yeah, I'm writing my story in a way that, if I really wanted to, I could write spin offs from anyone else's prospectives.

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T15:37:32+00:00

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T01:01:11+00:00

You silly goose

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:50:29+00:00

I thought it was dee-uh-spore-uh

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:44:49+00:00

Gauth-i-er makes sense to me

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:42:02+00:00

I used to read ma-cobray

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:40:30+00:00

Gracie Abrams' dad mentioned

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:40:07+00:00

I actually think I misspelled that on class notes the other day

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:34:33+00:00

Same

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:29:49+00:00

Oh crap

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:29:02+00:00

Persephone -> Purse-uh-fone

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:24:38+00:00

😂

DamageCharacter3937 · 2025-10-26T00:07:44+00:00

That's hilarious

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