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Q&A How to format multiple inner voices, differentiating the text from dialogue? and omnipresent inner voice

Using first person might work best for a situation like this. You'd be able to easily convey inner thoughts, use quotation marks for strictly dialog, and have the option to format intruding other "...

posted 9y ago by Neil‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:20:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/17643
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T04:20:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
Using first person might work best for a situation like this. You'd be able to easily convey inner thoughts, use quotation marks for strictly dialog, and have the option to format intruding other "inner" voices differently...

> As I approached the burnt-out shell of the stone building, I thought it looked like the fires of hell had consumed it. _You don't know what hell is like,_ a voice in my head thought. I shook my head to clear it.

...or as vague thoughts:

> As I approached the burnt-out shell of the stone building, I thought it looked like the fires of hell had consumed it. As if I had any idea what hell was like! _Why did I think that?_ I wondered, confused. I shook my head to clear it.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-06-09T05:05:04Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 2