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Q&A Can your narrator talk to the reader of the novel?

This is an excerpt from a novel I have started writing. Penry laughed. His face changed instantly. His disbelief changed into happiness, into almost the serenity in my dreams. It seemed to b...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by David Doyle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:07:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/33713
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar David Doyle‭ · 2019-12-08T08:07:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
This is an excerpt from a novel I have started writing.

> Penry laughed. His face changed instantly. His disbelief changed into happiness, into almost the serenity in my dreams. It seemed to be the same feeling I had when… Then it hit me! I knew it. He was going to attempt to exit the Luzerne area, with this long haired stranger.

I want to continue with it saying that 'I' woke up and then I say to the reader directly "don't worry, it's not a dream". Is this a proper writing style, considering that I am not actually the narrator?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-02-23T02:58:00Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 5