How can I tell a story?
Hi everyone!
My question is: How can I tell a story?
For example: If I read a book and I want to write a review about the story or to write a synopsis. Which verb tenses I should use? Present tense? Past simple? Past continuos?

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If you tell a story (ie. recount events) then you normally use past tenses. Not always, but that's the most typical way of doing so.

If you talk about or describe a story (like in your examples of a synopsis or review) then you use present tenses.

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