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Your story generally happens at some particular moment, whether you're telling it in the present tense or past tense. There's nothing wrong with describing actions which happened a precise amount o...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-13T12:00:45Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T06:41:19Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/28919 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
Your story generally happens at some particular moment, whether you're telling it in the present tense or past tense. There's nothing wrong with describing actions which happened a precise amount of time before your book opens. Separately, adding a time stamp "just to add rhythm to the sentence" _is_ poor writing. Don't add detail unless it's necessary to the plot.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-06-26T09:36:48Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 3