The story of Chinese Valentine’s Day
Today is Chinese Valentine’s Day , we also call it Qixi festival.
It has a romantic love story.
The fairy who is the youngest daughter of the Queen Mother is in love with a poor cowherd .
The cowboy’s parents were died when he was young.
So he lived with him brother and sister-in-law.
Although his life was very hard, while he as honest and goodness as before.
So the fairy was in love with him.
They lived together were very happiness with there children.
After a few years, the queen mother knew about it who thought that the human could not live with the god.
So the queen mother separated them .
The fairy and the cowherd was missed each other very much.
They have no idea to get together.
A magpie was moved by them and decided to help them.
Calling it’s partners to build a bridge which named magpie bridge on July 7th.
So that the fairy and the cowboy can meet on the magpie bridge.
Question: should i ues the past tense or present tense in this story.
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The story of Chinese Valentine’s Day
Today is Chinese Valentine’s Day, we also call it the Qixi festival. It has a romantic love story attached to it.
A fairy. the youngest daughter of the Queen Mother was in love with a poor cowherd. The cowboy’s parents died when he was young, so he lived with his brother and sister-in-law.
Although his life was very hard, he was honest and good, so the fairy was in love with him. They lived together and were very happy with their children.
After a few years, the queen mother, who thought that a human could not live with a god, found out about it. So she separated them.
The fairy and the cowherd missed each other very much. They had no idea how to get together. A magpie was moved by them and decided to help them by calling it’s partners to build a bridge which was called Magpie Bridge on July 7th.
Then the fairy and the cowboy could meet on the Magpie Bridge.
Question: should I use the past tense or present tense in this story.
It is normal to tell stories in the past tense as Nicole said. If you want to tell a story in the present tense, you need to be consistent throughout the story. Here you switched between the tenses several times!
Remember to use capital letters for proper names.
Best wishes
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Thanks for your advice, i will correct my article.
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Your question is an interesting one. Traditionally, stories are told in the past tense. (We use our past tenses way more than the present.) However, there are authors now who are experimenting with present tense. It is still more common to tell stories in the past, but present tense storytelling is a more informal style choice.
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