Hello! My name's Holo, I've been writing for a while. I found this community through another writer and I actually have a few questions in regards to writing.
I don't really understand your question regarding forms of have--you used it just fine in your second, third, and fourth sentences. :) Can you give us some examples that mix you up?
As for epics, I've powered through a lot of books just because I was so excited to write the setpieces that happen near the end. The ending makes the middle worth it. The books I've abandoned, it's almost always because I got mired in a part of the story I didn't care about at all. My best advice is to pick the story you want to write, and if there's a part you think you should include but don't actually want to write, take it out.
When you said "you used", when would you say "have used" as in "you have used it just fine... " Is it grammatically correct to say that? And if it is, what does it imply? Would that be in past tense, present tense?
I suppose what I was meaning to ask is when would you use 'have', or 'had been' or 'had had' or 'has been', 'been having', etc.
Man, I got so mixed up on those, I even had to ask my ap lit teacher. XD
But why would you want to cut it out, in terms of epics? What if it's one of those boring parts, but that needs to be there just to set up what you would like in the end of the epic?
In my case, my epics always get stuck in the big fights. I include big fights because I think I need them, and then never get through them. I think if I was just creative enough to write around them, they wouldn't be a problem. I'd indicate that they had happened, but not try to show them.
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I don't really understand your question regarding forms of have--you used it just fine in your second, third, and fourth sentences. :) Can you give us some examples that mix you up?
As for epics, I've powered through a lot of books just because I was so excited to write the setpieces that happen near the end. The ending makes the middle worth it. The books I've abandoned, it's almost always because I got mired in a part of the story I didn't care about at all. My best advice is to pick the story you want to write, and if there's a part you think you should include but don't actually want to write, take it out.
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When you said "you used", when would you say "have used" as in "you have used it just fine... " Is it grammatically correct to say that? And if it is, what does it imply? Would that be in past tense, present tense?
I suppose what I was meaning to ask is when would you use 'have', or 'had been' or 'had had' or 'has been', 'been having', etc.
Man, I got so mixed up on those, I even had to ask my ap lit teacher. XD
But why would you want to cut it out, in terms of epics? What if it's one of those boring parts, but that needs to be there just to set up what you would like in the end of the epic?
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In my case, my epics always get stuck in the big fights. I include big fights because I think I need them, and then never get through them. I think if I was just creative enough to write around them, they wouldn't be a problem. I'd indicate that they had happened, but not try to show them.
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Ooo, that makes sense! In my case, I suppose I get discouraged easily in epics/burn out really fast/get lazy/stressed out/lack of time...
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