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Use the narrator as a tool to avoid annoying the reader. The narrator controls the flow of information. Have the minions do their thing. Once. Then... The crowd clapped politely as the rule...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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System
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2019-12-20T00:40:39Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T11:03:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/42723 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
**Use the narrator as a tool to avoid annoying the reader. The narrator controls the flow of information.** Have the minions do their thing. Once. Then... > The crowd clapped politely as the ruler walked by. The minions started up again with the "isn't he amazing" bit and the clapping began to fade. The ruler walked on. _Couldn't they at least go far enough so that no one's heard it already?_ This time the ruler managed about 15 feet before the drone of his accomplishments began again. He felt like running but forced himself to stay a few feet behind his announcers. "His great intelligence and thoughtfulness..." _God save me_, he thought. _Maybe I can duck out behind that food stand_. **You don't want to actually annoy your readers. You want your readers to realize how annoying those characters are. Big difference.**
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-02-27T23:52:27Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 4