Writing fiction after memoir is a challenge.  Two years into a new project, the advice I received about keeping it simple and writing in the third person now seems so clever. But, I’ve always done things the complicated way around.  My three characters who only express their thoughts in the present tense might work out, and on the other hand, might not.  But what I’ve found is that whenever I rewrite my work and change tenses, I open it up to new possibilities.  My tip for the day; don’t be afraid to experiment. Copy and pasting onto a new word doc gives us so much freedom. The previous draft will always be there anyway.