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Q&A Proper use of the "historical present tense"

Try this: San Francisco is just coming to life. I can see all of downtown from my hotel room. Ten stories below, the traffic is backed up on Powell Street. ... etc. ... etc. Two weeks earl...

posted 12y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/7284
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:44:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/7284
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:44:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
Try this:

> San Francisco is just coming to life. I can see all of downtown from my hotel room. Ten stories below, the traffic is backed up on Powell Street. ... etc. ... etc.
> 
> _Two weeks earlier_  
> I am sitting in a bar in New Orleans. The bartender asks me etc. etc.

The italics on their own line become a timestamp rather than part of the sentence.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-02-15T02:04:17Z (almost 12 years ago)
Original score: 6