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There's no reason why it couldn't work, as long as you quickly make clear that it's internal dialogue. If it's a first-person narrative, the entire story is "internal dialogue," in a sense. The ma...
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2019-12-13T12:00:22Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T03:27:02Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
There's no reason why it couldn't work, as long as you quickly make clear that it's internal dialogue. If it's a first-person narrative, the entire _story_ is "internal dialogue," in a sense. The main benefit is to give the reader immediate access to the character's inner life, which may help us identify with him/her/it/them. The only real con I could see is if it's written in such a way that the reader is confused whether the text is narration or internal monologue, or if you can't tell who's speaking/thinking for a while.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2014-03-28T21:19:37Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 11