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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
It works better for some genres than others. It works for NOW NOW NOW action scenes and for introspection; it's less useful for stories that want a broader overview. It can be exhausting to read, like a movie that's too loud & moving too fast.
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The so-called "historic present" is certainly a well-known way of writing an exciting action scene; it's been used by every author from Homer on down. What I dislike is when an author attempts to extend it to an entire novel; for me, at least, it just doesn't work.