David Foster Wallace covered this really well; his spiel to his students on this topic is included here: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense

David Foster Wallace covered this really well; his spiel to his students on this topic is included here: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html#backfromnote39 http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html... (the whole essay is definitely worth reading).