<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=69280.msg3342651#msg3342651">Quote from: Corvus on 23-07-2010, 15:02:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Not trying to come across as a smart ass here, honest, But I think your confusing two different things. You can write in past tense and still be in first person. Example. <em>"I went to the store to buy a beer."</em> would be in the first person narrative, but written in the past tense. <em>"I'm going to the store to buy a beer."</em> is first person narrative in the present tense. And of course, <em>"I will go to the store to buy a beer"</em> is in future tense.<br/><br/>I hope that helps clear things up a bit. :)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I would say "I go to the store to buy a beer," is first person present tense. Its very unusual to see people write in first person present tense in RPs on E. Its more common to see third person present tense, "The predator stands up and looks around the room" rather than past tense "The predator stood up and looked around the room". I personally think past tense has more of an accomplished, quality feel to it since the great bulk of fiction is written in that style and most people it would seem at E write in the past tense.