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When writing in first person narrative, there are points when the narrator expresses their opinion on a situation, the emotions they're feeling and so on. I've read books where there are several pa...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T06:23:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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K. Bailey
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2019-12-08T06:23:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
When writing in first person narrative, there are points when the narrator expresses their opinion on a situation, the emotions they're feeling and so on. I've read books where there are several paragraphs at once of just the narrator talking about something and how they feel about it or recalling past events or filling in the reader on pertinent information. Even simple things like their hatred of the green sweater their grandma bought them or how the lock on their front door needs to be changed. But when does it stop being character development or story development and start being annoying? When do I cross the line between what is acceptable and just unnecessary rambling?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-04-27T00:08:22Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 5