.: you may notice that i switched to the past tense, which should prove more enjoyable to read. this is all thanks to the wonderful tips from [[helixthefallen]](https://www.furaffinity.net/user/helixthefallen/), a special shoutout to him!
Amazon, Book, Closeted, Coming Out, Discovery, Fox, Gay, High School, Hoary fox, Homosexuality, Jaguar, Panther, Philip Ribbs, Rainfall, Rainforest, Romance, Story, brazil, homophobia, narrative, tale, wildfire, writing
Key: italics: thoughts, quotation marks: actually said
edit: changed to past tense
# prologue
it was the big day, and yet no one could muster up even something as small as a smile.
Blood, Destruction, Prologue, Tiger, ash, flames
#3 of the new age
key: italics = thought, quotations = actually said
edit: changed to past tense
# chapter 2
my eyes widened slightly as i realized that it was the man i spoke to on the radio.
Blood, Border Collie, Dog, Forest, Giant mutant, Mutant, Rifle, Shooting, Story Progression, Tiger, Walkie talkie, apocalypse
#1 of the story of alex
this is the first in a series involving my character levi and skywing
i would never have been able to post this story if it weren't for draconicon he edited this story and changed the whole thing to past tense for me.
Demon, Dragon, Gay, Latex, Musk, Series
(thank you to my friend who is not a part of sofurry for helping with proofreading owo)
edit: changed to past tense
key: italics = thoughts, quotations = spoken
# chapter 1
i sat up from the messy, broken bed
Border Collie, Dog, Story Progression, Tiger, apocalypse
Before, she was trying to hold onto her hope that she could be sent home, but hearing herself talk about her mother in the past tense really hit her hard. fern was truly an orphan of time. and she went to find the only one that would understand her pain.
Gardevior, Kirlia, Pokemon, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Pupitar, Riolu, Volcarona, prophecy, zoroark, zorua
The narrative voice is always past tense, accept in very specific situations. 1stperson writing bothers me. i also dislike jumping between too many characters.
**show, don't tell**
it took me forever to figure out what this means.
No-Yiff, educational, writing
I guess i can drop the past tense shit, huh? i mean, who am i kidding? i've been sitting here for maybe a couple days and i doubt i'll be able to get out of this alive. jake and i are still here. you're caught up to the present.
Fox, M/M, Story Series, Torture (moderate), Wolf
"don't use the past tense," the vixen shook her head, arms folded against something cold, "please... it doesn't smell right."
Akita, Bull, Cheetah, Death, Desperation, Dragon, Hospital, Human, Lion, Male, Suicide, Vixen