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Hi all,
it's interesting seeing how many here have used the term "immediacy", and it is one that I would use as well. Interesting too, that many have also written how they hate it.
After trying to write it, I find that it is a particularly difficult task, especially in third person. Perhaps because I read so much past tense, I tend to slip and have to check myself.
Others have quoted authors and I shall too: Richard Lunn. He is quite gifted, Australian, and writes predominantly in present tense. His novel Feast of all Souls is set in medieval Italy; his anthology of short stories Taxidermist's Dance features many shorts in present tense third person, but he delves into some second person too.
His writing is literary, with abundant similes and metaphors, but his vocabulary is huge and he wastes no words. If you can find his works, they will reward.
I'd like to see more present tense - whether in first or third person - in stories, for I like the way it carries the story forward.
Cheers,
Michael P
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