{"id":10028,"date":"2023-06-08T15:38:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/?p=10028"},"modified":"2023-06-08T15:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:28:42","slug":"how-to-use-tense-in-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/how-to-use-tense-in-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use tense in novels?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10028\" class=\"elementor elementor-10028\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff7df16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"ff7df16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f2459\" data-id=\"74f2459\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057a17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text\" data-id=\"057a17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-qi-typeout-text\" data-strings=\"[&quot;&quot;]\" data-cursor=\"|\">\n\t<h3 class=\"qodef-m-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHow to use tense novels?\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout-holder\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09abe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e09abe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b>Present Tense<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From classics to new-age contemporary books, many well-written pieces of literature are written in the present tense. It brings the readers into direct action and makes them feel a part of the narrative. All the feelings that your characters feel and directly transmitted to the readers as well. The story, characters, and readers together walk in the symphony and take the ride. In other words, it gives readers cinematic appeal thus heightening your storytelling technique.\u00a0 And therefore, this form of tense appeals to many creative writers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><strong>For fiction book: <i>Bleak House<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> by Charles Dickens<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe raw afternoon is rawest, and the dense fog is densest, and the muddy streets are muddiest near that leaden-headed old obstruction, appropriate ornament for the threshold of a leaden-headed old corporation, Temple Bar. And hard by Temple Bar, in Lincoln&#8217;s Inn Hall, at the very heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><strong>2. For nonfiction book: <i>Life\u2019s Amazing Secret<\/i> by Gaur Gopal Das<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHave you ever experienced the Indian monsoon? It brings one of the fiercest, most thunderous downpours of water from the heavens. If you\u2019re caught in the heavy rain, it\u2019s nearly impossible to stay dry. Similarly, it is hard not to get caught up in the challenges and negative situations of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74856fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"74856fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2628d3a\" data-id=\"2628d3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22531ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22531ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #2f5496; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Types of Present Tense<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">The present tense is further divided into four subforms and it is pivotal to choose the right form of the present so that your thoughts are articulated without any lack. Since the readers travel with you through words, you should choose them cautiously.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space: pre;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">Simple Present Tense: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">&nbsp;It is used to describe the current situation or incidents that take place regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Rule to be followed while writing<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">: Subject + Verb in the base form\/third person plural form + remaining sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Example<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">: He takes a bath every day.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cinzel, serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; font-style: inherit; text-transform: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\" start=\"2\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space: pre;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">Present Continuous Tense: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">It is used to describe the situation or incident that is continuing in the present moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Rule to be followed<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">: Subject + Helping Verb(am\/is\/are) + Main verb + ing + remaining sentence<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Example<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">: Kids are playing in the park.<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cinzel, serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; font-style: inherit; text-transform: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cinzel, serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; font-style: inherit; text-transform: inherit;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\" start=\"3\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space: pre;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">Present Perfect Tense: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">It is used to describe the incident that has started in the past and still has a relation with the object in the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Rule to be followed: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Subject + Helping Verb (have\/has) + Past participle of the main verb + remaining sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Examples: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Boys have reached the classroom.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cinzel, serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; font-style: inherit; text-transform: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;\" start=\"4\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space: pre;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">Present Perfect Continuous Tense: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-wrap: wrap;\">It is used to describe the incident that has started in the past and continues in the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Rule to be followed<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">: Subject + Have\/Has + Been + Verb + ing + the rest of the sentence<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.295; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Example<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">: they have been waiting for the professor to start the lecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36db10b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"36db10b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89e873f\" data-id=\"89e873f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaabf82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aaabf82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits of Writing in Present Tense<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor the Present is the point at which time touches eternity,\u201d says C.S. Lewis in his book The Screwtape Letters. Writing in the present tense adds authenticity to the narrative and helps the readers to stay enrapt in the pages. There is a palpable tension that the readers feel along with the characters as the story moves forwards. Which indeed adds an extra feather to your writing.\u00a0 It helps you to\u2014<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give you a real-time experience of the events happening in the novel.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You solely depend on the narrator\u2019s viewpoint which helps create mystery and leave you spellbound as new turns happen.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The narrative feels realistic.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing in the present tense is easier than framing sentences in the other tenses.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less scope for grammatical errors.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35a90bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"35a90bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98ab56f\" data-id=\"98ab56f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43bbb23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43bbb23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, isn\u2019t it amazing to know that you don\u2019t necessarily need to write in the past tense? Present tense books can also be well-written books. Try your hand at writing in the present tense and feel the difference. And do not forget to tell us in the comments section which tenses you like the most, past tense or present tense.<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to use tense novels? Present Tense \u00a0 From classics to new-age contemporary books, many well-written pieces of literature are written in the present tense. It brings the readers into direct action and makes them feel a part of the narrative. 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