Turn-Off #14 : Past, Present, and Future Tense

kimcheeese's Turn-Offs.

#14 : Past, Present, and Future Tense.

(Suggested by: SUPREME007.)

I honestly do not care if you are an elementary student or a college student writing fanfictions online. If you cannot differentiate between the three different tenses, then I suggest you to do a little more research.

If your story constantly jumps from present tense to past tense then to future tense, then you need to just stop. I understand if you are writing past tense for, of course, things that happened in the past; present tense for things that are occuring right at this moment; and future tense for things that will occur. However, if all three of these tenses occur in the same sentence, then you need to revise your whole story. I'm sure if you managed to let it happen just this once, that it might have actually happened a few other times in the past; so just go and revise.

She will be walking to the store later this afternoon and at that store she bought a CD.

Do you see the problem in the example above? "She will be" is future tense and "she bought" is past tense. How the hell did she buy a CD at a store she has yet to go to? Doesn't make sense.

#15 : Misleading.

I'd like to sincerely apologize for the unnanounced hiatus. It's been roughly a year since I last updated this and I am truly sorry. I'd like to thank all the people who has commented and subscribed! c:

Also, I decided to remove turn-off #2 because I am too lazy to correct the mistake I made.

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mysoulisstarving #1
Chapter 5: LOL.., omg I had a "you" story even with the feature of changing the name with the reader's username and I regret it now..,but yeah, you are funny... "according to his ..." LOL
Yoruclaw #2
Chapter 14: oh please update. this is truly the best.
Yoruclaw #3
Chapter 7: ive read a story like that, but i enjoy the author being part of the story. its like theyre a character in it.
Yoruclaw #4
Chapter 5: :( fine then~ but the male one was really funny
Yoruclaw #5
Chapter 4: ikr! It gets so annoying! like, seriously people?its a waste of time reading and writing and i only wanna read it in the story.
Yoruclaw #6
Chapter 1: You are really funny. You make me laugh my head off.
Lollie
#7
Chapter 12: GOD. YOU READ MY MIND. These are absolutely things that turn me off when reading ffs. Sometimes the stories are amazing but these are just major turnoff.
ForeverRainbow
#8
Hahah great help and fun to read as well (:
SuperShineKissBeast
#9
I read this to get some tips on my writing style, but ended up using this as a referrence when editing my story! Haha. These tips were blunt and honest. Thanks!