Forum:Tenses

So, yeah. I've been meaning to discuss this for a long time, so here it goes. When it comes to writing about the life stories of the characters, or narrating a particular seen, I've been noticing a TON of incosistencies. Like, one article narrates things using present tense, while another narrates using past tense. It's all kind of hard and confusing to read. Present tense is kind of a no-no since we're all telling a story that already happened. So, I ask, what tense will we use to narrate? Past tense, or present perfect (example: I have seen it.)? I just want to know so we can avoid confusion in the future. AnimeApprentice (talk) 00:33, August 9, 2012 (UTC)