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Example: I gasped. Tom swallowed. He was also surprised by the maid's sudden appearance. In this case the narrator is directly talking about Tom's feelings. I gasped. Tom swallowed. He al...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:11:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/16879 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Alexandro Chen
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2019-12-08T04:11:35Z (almost 5 years ago)
Example: > I gasped. Tom swallowed. He **was** also surprised by the maid's sudden appearance. In this case the narrator is _directly_ talking about Tom's feelings. > I gasped. Tom swallowed. He also **seemed** surprised by the maid's sudden appearance. This one is more indirect; the narrator is just assuming what the other character feels. Which one is better for fiction? Is the first case common?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-04-18T05:55:47Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 4