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Originally Posted by Caesius
I'm trying to picture that. I think the closest I've come is having a character at the beginning of a tale explain to the reader the situation he is in, and that he is about to tell how he got to where he is now (I've seen that with Lovecraft). But aside from the opening and closing, I believe the bulk of the tale is past tense.
Maybe it is too close to dinner time and I'm just not firing on all synapses -- can you give an example of one that I can look into?
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A lot of fanfic is written in present tense.
Where There Is Darkness, by unveiled; ~2200 words; X-Men First Class. Summary: In the autumn of 2012, Daniela Zhou interviews Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr. This is her story.
VIP by Lindentreeis; ~4500 words; Sherlock/Push crossover. Summary: John shrugs. It's not like he hasn't met Assets before; not like they can tell he's one of them, unregistered and untapped, just by looking. All he has to do is act normal and he's fine, like always. He's not letting Bill's rampant paranoia infect him.
(There's longer--I recently finished reading a 228,000+ word fanfic novel in present tense--but I was avoiding rec'ing explicit slash just to show examples.)