This would be an example of present tense writing:
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I'm sitting at home in my armchair, relaxing. Suddenly the doorbell rings. I get up and answer it - it's my next-door neighbour. "Hello", he says, "how are you today?". "Fine", I reply...
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Whereas this would be past tense:
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I was sitting at home in my armchair, relaxing. Suddenly the doorbell rang. I got up and answered it - it was my next-door neighbour. "Hello", he said, "how are you today?". "Fine", I replied...
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I gave up reading Patricia Cornwall's "Kay Scarpetta" series when she started writing in the present tense - I find it virtually unreadable.