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Eschew Present Tense!

June 28, 2019October 15, 2015 by Ruby Peru
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Writers, here’s another reason why present tense lets you down. I’ve been thinking about how best to describe the problem, and here it is. Let’s say, like in the case of the present-tense book I just read (which I won’t link to here, since this isn’t much of a recommendation), your story has a great … Read more

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Ruby Peru is an author, biographer, and ghostwriter. Her latest book is Business Cards and Shoe Leather, co-authored with Larry Vaughn. Her ghostwritten biographies focus on retaining the author’s unique sense of humor while illustrating how personal experience, society, and culture form each client’s unique point of view.

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