>mfw the story is written in the present tense Why do

>>9236859
Off yourself.

>>9236859
because it's simple and efficient you fucking mongrel

Because people with nothing to say use it to lend immediacy and a veneer of high modernist sophistication to their pretentious prose. But you already knew that.

>>9236859
Why shouldn't they?

>>9236859
because IT'S HAPPENING

>>9236859
>Why do writers do this?
t. present simple

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>story is written in the perfect-progressive future tense

>I put on my robe and wizard hat.

>>9236859
>story oscillates between stream of conciousness future tense and first person past tense, only allowing the reader to gather what is happening through these points of view. but it doesn't even matter since the contents of the plot is unimportant and the majority of the books nuance come from its symbolic content

There's no time like now.

First person narratives always sound better in the present tense. For third person, yes, it is dumb

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>>9236859
>>9237627

>The sneer is gone from Casey’s lip, his teeth are clenched in hate,
>He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate;
>And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
>And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey’s blow.

Why do writers do this?

>>9237729
Bcuz they r gay lol