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Other than that it's not popular to write in 1st person
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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?
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Depends on the context of what you're writing.
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>>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?
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paradigmatic too
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The best novel of the last century begins, "I am seated in an office surrounded by heads and bodies," so opinion discarded
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If that's the way you need and love to write, then it's your only option.
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first person isn't a tense u illiterate qaudroon
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>>7839737
I guess you know very well that I meant "first person AND present tense"
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>>7839400
I thought it was "I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged"
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>>7839359
pic related
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>>7839400
this so much desu OP.
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>>7839359
Yes. Unless if you're going for an emotionally detached character.
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