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Q&A Is it good style in fiction to write sentences as a flow of (disjointed) thoughts? [closed]

I was wondering whether it is okay to write like this or not: I never went for the grooves. But I did take a seat near the bar table and checked out the pretty ladies. Drinking was not my cup o...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by Amin Mohamed Ajani‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question fiction style
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:36:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/6732
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Amin Mohamed Ajani‭ · 2019-12-08T02:36:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
I was wondering whether it is okay to write like this or not:

> I never went for the grooves. But I did take a seat near the bar table and checked out the pretty ladies. Drinking was not my cup of tea. Alcohol. Alcohol was not my cup of tea. Wait, let me reframe it. . . I did not drink.

Can I write sentences like these - 'okay wait, let me reframe it. . . I did not drink.'

Share some light?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-11-28T23:39:49Z (almost 12 years ago)
Original score: 0