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Q&A Varying POV and tense

My novel is written in the third person. When changing POV between different scenes (or chapters), is it OK if the parts for different POV characters use different tenses: some - the past tense, an...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by John Cooper‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question style tenses pov
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:38:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41439
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar John Cooper‭ · 2019-12-08T10:38:43Z (almost 5 years ago)
My novel is written in the third person. When changing POV between different scenes (or chapters), is it OK if the parts for different POV characters use different tenses: some - the past tense, and others - the present tense?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-20T01:39:43Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 1