For a greater sense of immediacy, many successful authors choose a first-person narrative (I raced as fast as I could down the stairs, away from the innocent-seeming cat) or tell their story in the present tense (I shift uncomfortably beneath the tarp. The ticking sound grows louder. Has the cat found me?). In all these cases, authors use interior monologue to enrich the story, which is mainly told through action.
