Conjugation

I've been writing a novel. If you've been having trouble writing or are facing challenges with plot, character, or writing style, read this:

Before:

"Seia sat down by the fire and used a rock to hammer a number of nails into a pair of boards. When she was done she tied the boards to the bottoms of her boots with twine. She rubbed her shoulder and came away with blood on her hands. The fighting and the jostling, breakneck ride into the valley between the foothills and the mountains must have reopened the wound. Seia pulled her coat off one arm and lifted her shirt over her shoulder so she could straighten out the bandages. They had slipped down and were soaked in blood. Seia undid the bandages and replaced them with some the soldiers had taken off the dead Hujans. The air was cold against her skin, but she ignored it and tied the last few knots in the bandage."

After:

"Seia sits down by the fire and uses a rock to hammer a number of nails into a pair of boards. When she is done she ties the boards to the bottoms of her boots with twine. She rubs her shoulder and comes away with blood on her hands. The fighting and the jostling, breakneck ride into the valley between the foothills and the mountains must have reopened the wound. Seia pulls her coat off one arm and lifts her shirt over her shoulder so she can straighten out the bandages. They had slipped down and were soaked in blood. Seia undoes the bandages and replaces them with some that the soldiers had taken off the dead Hujans. The air is cold against her skin, but she ignores it and ties the last few knots in the bandage."

I bet you noticed immediately that I changed the conjugation. I decided that the prose was stale in past-tense, so I changed it to present-tense. The catch? I'd already written 19,000 words before I decide to change tenses. 

What followed was two days of conjugation. 

I'm not entirly sure what the moral of this story is. Oh right. Even challenges like re-conjugating 19,000 words are entirely surmountable. Sure, it took me a number of hours, but it didn't prove to be that difficult. Certainly not difficult enough to stop me from finishing. 

Never give up, never give in. 

Most importantly, never let a pack of vicious grammar weasels anywhere near your workspace.