Using the present tense can give the writing an almost cinematic, vivid quality, as in this example from Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko: A hot wind rushes into the clearing, swirling up dirt and clay ...

Example: “This study was conducted at the Iyarina Field School, and within the indigenous Waorani community within Yasuni National Park region.” The introduction is usually in present tense due to the ...

Sometimes a fiction writer may use the present tense to make their writing more immediate, as in this example from The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger: ‘It’s hard being left behind.