/lit/ - Literature

what's the difference between these when it comes to writing fiction?
what are their uses? when should i be using either?
>past tense v. present tense
>first person v. third person (or even second person)
>block paragraphs v. indent paragraphs

>>16041650
>>16056076
make a prompt for yourself
write a scene based on such prompt
repeat multiple times

>>16045953
they did

>>16047826
>occasionally makes references to himself
you like in dead souls, as well?
don't know, but i read somewhere calling it the "interfering omniscient narrator"