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If you establish it as a convention in your novel, no. Being honest, while there are uses for outright stating thoughts as streams of dialogue-like prose, it's still a very telly form of expositio...
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System
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2019-12-08T09:32:08Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Matthew Dave
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2019-12-08T09:32:08Z (almost 5 years ago)
If you establish it as a convention in your novel, no. Being honest, while there are uses for outright stating thoughts as streams of dialogue-like prose, it's still a very telly form of exposition. Creative narration and use of motifs can bring about the same effect in POV-based narration as outright stating a particular stream of consciousness in italics.
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System
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2018-08-02T15:55:57Z (over 6 years ago)
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