I'd been warned against doing anything in the present tense. Then, when I went ahead and wrote the thing in present tense anyway, none of the people who'd said 'I hate present tense, don't use it' complained. IMHO, some things just 'want' to be that way, so if it feels better than past tense, don't deny it.
Equally, if it's a technical issue and *only* a technical issue, viz., immediacy and import, then nightsfury's point about changing the rhythm, using short sentences etc., is a great way of bridging the difference, and is probably a better idea than allowing present tense to be chronologically peculiar.
...if that makes sense. I've been on elderly duty for three days. Brain fried.
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I'd been warned against doing anything in the present tense. Then, when I went ahead and wrote the thing in present tense anyway, none of the people who'd said 'I hate present tense, don't use it' complained. IMHO, some things just 'want' to be that way, so if it feels better than past tense, don't deny it.
Equally, if it's a technical issue and *only* a technical issue, viz., immediacy and import, then
...if that makes sense. I've been on elderly duty for three days. Brain fried.