Local Revision: Tense Usage

The following is the usage of the various tenses of verbs in project 1

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Past
Said
Made
Has

Found

Helped

Investigated
Began

Commented

Pumped

Received
Called
Checked

Leaked

Drunk

Tested

said

Shown

Said

Caused

Returned

Concluded

Advised

Discredited

Announced 

led

Concluded

Heard

Decided

cooked

Stepped

Decided

Fixed

Declared

Declared

Located

Led

Appointed

Risen

Poisoned

Handpicked

Appointed

Sent

Realized

Constructed

Gave

Decided

Began

Began

Decided

Tally: Declared (2), Decided (4), began (3)

Present

Experiencing

Commenting
Using

Boiling

Running

Corroding

Appearing

Receiving
Concluding
Covering
Concluding

Asking

Renegotiating
Listen

Showing

Prevent
Coming

Disappointing

Consuming

Wind

help

Alleviate

Takes

Purchasing

Paying

Getting

Switch

Use

Find

Reporting

Appearing

Using

Shut

Use

Rise

Swallow

Get

Is

Going

Using

Raising

Realize

Trying

Indicating

Claims

Pulling

Tally: using (4), going (3), appearing (2)

Future
Take

Do

Change

Take

Take

Damage

Report

Test

Believe

Deal

Treat

Cause

Take
Tally: take (4) 
1. Which tense is the most prevalent in your draft?
The most prevalent is the past tense.

2. What effect or tone/quality does the current usage of tense have on the reader/viewer/listener?
It gives the reader an idea that what they are reading occurred in the past and the present tense verbs guide them through the events.

3. If you're using more than one tense in the draft (which is not a bad thing at all), do the shifts between different tenses in the piece make sense? How do they flow? Are there any jarring or dischordant shifts in tense?
They flow accordingly to the content being presented. So, if an event is being presented from the past, past tense verbs will most likely appear.

4. If you have not employed any present tense verbs in your piece - why not? Are there any moments of crescendo or dramatic action in the story you're telling that could benefit from being described or told in the present tense? Remember, present tense has an immediacy to it. It puts the audience right into the story as it is unfolding. It's a powerful technique. Could your piece benefit from that technique? How and why?
My piece has moments which involves present tense and takes the audience to that moment of the story accordingly.