If you are planning to bring a book you intend to just read by yourself , why inquire for advice at all ? Just bring your book and read . <| sep |> You forgot the G . O . A . T TPlzQ 9 lszhP 10 <| sep |> I seriously wish my hair looked like that <| sep |> Or that he apparently has such unfettered access that he can do it on a whim as a troll . <| sep |> Past tense , always . In past you ' ve got three different ways to write your verbs I did , I was doing , I had been doing all of which mean slightly different things and are needed at different times , and in present you only have I do and I am doing . Plus , present just sort of messed with my head , and by using I was doing instead of I did , you can replicate the urgency gained from present without having it constantly , even when the story needs to slow down . I have a lovehate relationship with first person . On the one hand , it ' s great for a storytellerstyle feel if you ' re describing events that happened in the past , it gets your audience feeling more attached to the MC and it has a stronger voice , but on the other hand , it can end up sounding awkward and having too much voice . It really depends on the story . Some just feel right in first . For the ones that don ' t lend themselves to it , third limited .