Saileri
Your Friendly Neighborhood IT Guy
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As in the title. Present tense narration is kinda common in your usual books and was a trend some time ago. I know that most of the novels tend to lean more on the side of past tense narration since it feels like reading a told story.
What're your thoughts about it? Do you dislike it? You don't mind? Obviously, I'm not talking about just a random choice in narration. In my eyes, certain narration types just fit the story or premise.
I have currently 3 projects in my mind, out of which 2 are being worked on.
First one is your typical adventure fantasy written in 3rd person past tense since it suits the setting, where the reader follows not just the MC, but other characters and even the world itself. There's no doubt any other narration styles might not capture the feeling better.
The second one is where I'm still on the edge. It follows the MC from 1st person perspective and due to having readers experience the world and events alongside him, I decided to use the present tense. It just feels natural. But I'm aware not everyone is fond of it. It would also seem fine when written in the past tense. To give some more details, it's a kinda smutty story, where a 27 yo teacher ends up summoned to your usual fantasy other world, alongside 5 other people from his class. He learns about the world, tries his best to fit the situation he has been placed in, realizes his class(role) isn't particularly strong but finds something he can actually do. Can't discern what exactly since that would be a spoiler, but that leads to a lot of wholesome lewding. I don't mind it being in the present tense, but what do you think?
The third one, which is currently on hold, is a 2nd person present tense situation. Why? Because it's a reactive story with the reader as the MC. I just thought of a fun concept that doesn't make readers choose the action to take, but something different. Maybe I'll start it someday so you'll see. It's not the main focus here.
So yeah, would you read the second one if it was in the present tense? Or maybe you find it weird having adult scenes presented like that? I know I've left a lot of details out and even just posting the title would literally give out everything about the series, sorry! I don't mind hearing about your usual preference to the tenses too.
What're your thoughts about it? Do you dislike it? You don't mind? Obviously, I'm not talking about just a random choice in narration. In my eyes, certain narration types just fit the story or premise.
I have currently 3 projects in my mind, out of which 2 are being worked on.
First one is your typical adventure fantasy written in 3rd person past tense since it suits the setting, where the reader follows not just the MC, but other characters and even the world itself. There's no doubt any other narration styles might not capture the feeling better.
The second one is where I'm still on the edge. It follows the MC from 1st person perspective and due to having readers experience the world and events alongside him, I decided to use the present tense. It just feels natural. But I'm aware not everyone is fond of it. It would also seem fine when written in the past tense. To give some more details, it's a kinda smutty story, where a 27 yo teacher ends up summoned to your usual fantasy other world, alongside 5 other people from his class. He learns about the world, tries his best to fit the situation he has been placed in, realizes his class(role) isn't particularly strong but finds something he can actually do. Can't discern what exactly since that would be a spoiler, but that leads to a lot of wholesome lewding. I don't mind it being in the present tense, but what do you think?
The third one, which is currently on hold, is a 2nd person present tense situation. Why? Because it's a reactive story with the reader as the MC. I just thought of a fun concept that doesn't make readers choose the action to take, but something different. Maybe I'll start it someday so you'll see. It's not the main focus here.
So yeah, would you read the second one if it was in the present tense? Or maybe you find it weird having adult scenes presented like that? I know I've left a lot of details out and even just posting the title would literally give out everything about the series, sorry! I don't mind hearing about your usual preference to the tenses too.