Where did all this THIRD-person present tense come from?

[Cynric]

Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies are written in third-present, which may be related to it becoming more acceptable to publishers.

The only times I noticed was in scenes where Cromwell is talking with other male characters, making the "he says" formulation complicated, and needing the occasional, "he says; he, Cromwell."

But Hilary Mantel is good enough to get away with just about anything...

 

[Fitzchiv]

Here you go:
http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/540693-where-did-all-this-first-person-present-tense.html



First person past: I saw
First person present: I see
Third person past: He/She saw
Third person present: He/She sees

Fantastic, thanks very much - really struggling with the fluency of first person retrospective at the moment which is the tense I most enjoy reading