| >> out in past tense, stay in past tense; if you start out in present
| >> tense, stay in present tense.  Just don't switch between the two.
| >> Thomas Schmidt
| >> Tschmidt@trader.com


Actually, if you want you can tell an entire story in the 'present tense' until the last paragraph and then tell it in the past tense from the POV of someone who might be now reading about it in the local paper or telling the story to his grandchild.