Help me, Grammar-Wan-Kenobi

[astri13]

This is embarrassing but I figure better now than after the fact. I`m doing a little experiment and writing a fic in present tense so now I`m at a bit of a loss. Writing about past actions when do I use simple past and when do I use the "had done..." version? Anyone? Bueller?

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[astri13.livejournal.com]

Mostly I have problems with recollections and memories, when someone is thinking of something that happened say years ago. I`ve checked up on other fics and they tend to use the "had been..." for that but then when there is remembered dialogue it suddenly switches back to simple past and I`m totally lost. :/

[trueshellz.livejournal.com]

I think it dialogue it makes sense to use the actual past verb that the 'had done' one only coz it sounds better
Not 100% sure though
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