Better writers think carefully about what tense to use and when they use it. Most novels are written in the past tense. Readers are more familiar with this tense because they are used to being ...

The past tense is used for things that have already happened. He was sticky. The present tense is used when something is happening now or when something happens regularly. He is sticky.

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