Writer Life: Day Seventeen

Mostly just for me, but maybe you’ll find it interesting, too.

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This morning I read through the ten or so pages I’ve written of my new Middle Grade idea — and decided it needed to be in the present tense.

First person isn’t always my favorite. It’s hard to do well. It’s so easy to slip out of it and into past tense. This story, though, seems to want to…