Write What You Know

I see what you mean and what Philip Pullman means as well but I think it is okay to develop fiction in the present tense- is quite a challenge. Sounds interesting if you can use it all through the story. Can't think of any examples of course but this is an opinion you have and that is to be respected.

It's a great first line and an interesting argument; 'write what you know'. But I get a bit bored with that, since I know everything, I write what I don't know. The problem is, as Pullman highlighted, only writers working at the top of their game use it effectively. I tend to mangle grammar and tenses. So it's more an 'oh dear,' moment than a literary innovation. As your poem( s) and stories show, however, you have a greater armoury of lexical choices so the creative argument is perhaps with yourself.

Back in the sixties, metafiction was all the rage. It was all fairytale fiction - not nearly as engrossing as a lot of the stuff you'll find right here at abctales.com.