tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056301047426711717.post8704410266706443283..comments2023-10-20T09:45:56.970-05:00Comments on The Climb: Of Course There's Harry PotterJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850344847209933016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056301047426711717.post-53061529184350983822012-05-15T22:50:34.246-05:002012-05-15T22:50:34.246-05:00Writing in the present tense is difficult for me t...Writing in the present tense is difficult for me to do! I'd like to practice it more because I've read several books in which I felt it made the action seem, as you said, more gripping. <br />Thanks for the comment!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850344847209933016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056301047426711717.post-51276749045719562182012-05-08T14:22:36.638-05:002012-05-08T14:22:36.638-05:00I've been very inspired by Hermann Hesse's...I've been very inspired by Hermann Hesse's novels (even though his books are way, way, way shorter than the types of novels I'm usually into) and all the great Russian novelists. I've also been inspired in my chosen genre of 20th century historical by a lot of books, both adult and preteen or teen, set during the Shoah and the American homefront in WWII. <br /><br />Ida Vos's preteen Shoah books were a huge inspiration to me, particularly because her first book, Hide and Seek, was the first book I ever read in the present tense. It was like a revelation to me, in the 7th grade, to discover that a book could be written in the present tense, and it inspired me to write my first Russian novel in the present tense as well, to make the action seem more immediate and gripping. Of course, that was years before present tense got so trendy.Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.com