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I'm writing a novel, called Animal Suicide, about a girl who tried to commit suicide but then postponed the plan after a phone call she received. Everything OK. But then I realized...wait a minute....
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T03:40:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/12582 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Alexandro Chen
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2019-12-08T03:40:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm writing a novel, called Animal Suicide, about a girl who tried to commit suicide but then postponed the plan after a phone call she received. Everything OK. But then I realized...wait a minute...this is 1st person narrative, obviously she cannot die. Can I still create tension (will the reader eventually "forget" about this)? Or should I change the narration to the present tense (that way it is possible for the main character to die)? (Here's the [short story](http://alexandrochen.com/short-story-animal-suicide/) version for those who are interested.)
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2014-08-10T04:23:56Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 4