Writers of nonfiction prose rarely consider tense, but it is essential to orienting a reader. Writing about our own experiences, crafting through verb tense, allows retrospection—consideration of the past from the vantage point of the present.  Retrospection is a powerful form of meaning-making: it allows us to consider what happened through the lens of subsequent […]

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