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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
A lot of fanfic is written in present tense.
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Not a fan of fanfic. Actually, that isn't fair to say. I just don't read it. I prefer to stick to canon. When Babylon 5 novels came out, I was so disappointed with all but 2 of them (this is before some trilogies were released, which were all considered official parts of the story). Those two books I did like were the
only two that were written with the creator's direct input and considered to be
episodes in book form. They are canon. They enhanced the existing story. Anything else IMO detracts. Something good that
didn't really happen is just as disappointing to me as something written poorly. Some are familiar with the final episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. Nothing actually happened. Technically, Picard comes out in his jam jams, and asks Worf what the star date is. Then he's asked by Troi if everything is alright, and he smiles and says, "Yes. I think I'll go back to bed now" (I'm paraphrasing, but not by much). End of story.
Zero consequence. Well, there was one consequence. But they seemed to go through a lot of trouble and spent a great deal of screen time just to get Picard to join the rest of the crew at a card game. Guess I sound bitter. Not a fan - save two episodes ("Family" and "The Inner Light"). Anyhow that's irrelevant. But THAT is basically what I get from fanfic -- zero consequence or impact on later events or characters.
All that ranting aside, I DO get the first-person thing now. After reading the responses, I remembered that some pulp detective novels were written that way. Then I couldn't believe I had forgotten what it was like to have that first person narrative in my head.
Thanks for the responses.