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Old 2011-09-25, 07:28   Link #1549
Yachiyo
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Originally Posted by Eratas123 View Post
Does anybody know if you should write action scenes in past or present tense?

Draft 1- Bracing myself; I stand up and fire my gun at the man in front of me.

Draft 2- I braced myself before I stood up and fired a shot at the man in front of me.

Any idea which one is correct?
Change the I stand up to standing up, then the fire to firing, then it would turn like this.

Bracing myself; standing up and firing my gun at the man in front of me

stand up and fire my gun isn't present tense, since you have Bracing from the beginning of the sentence
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