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7839312 No.7839312 [Reply] [Original]

Other than that it's not popular to write in 1st person present tense, is it terrible to write "I look at the painting. It's beautiful."
Or is it better to be more stream-of-consciousness-like and write "Whoa, what a beautiful painting!" instead?

>> No.7839325

Depends on the context of what you're writing.

>> No.7839359

>>7839325
I mean, does it make sense that the person who experiences something, says "I look at..." ? Wouldn't he just do it and therefore it can't be written down?

>> No.7839367

paradigmatic too

>> No.7839400

The best novel of the last century begins, "I am seated in an office surrounded by heads and bodies," so opinion discarded

>> No.7839734

If that's the way you need and love to write, then it's your only option.

>> No.7839737

first person isn't a tense u illiterate qaudroon

>> No.7839860

>>7839737
I guess you know very well that I meant "first person AND present tense"

>> No.7839902

>>7839400
I thought it was "I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged"

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>>7839359
pic related

>> No.7839937

>>7839400
this so much desu OP.

>> No.7839955

>>7839359
Yes. Unless if you're going for an emotionally detached character.