Storytelling Verb Tenses: Past, Present, and “Literary” Past Tense
Most stories are written in literary past tense. What does that term mean, and if different from normal past tense, how is literary past tense different?
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Most stories are written in literary past tense. What does that term mean, and if different from normal past tense, how is literary past tense different?
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