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Q&A Is it a bad practice to occasionally add first-person narrative to third-person narrative?

The italics indicate that the words are the person's thoughts, so it's almost the same as speech. It's entirely fine. I agree with Joel, however, in reminding you not to overdo it (or any given tec...

posted 12y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:38:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
The italics indicate that the words are the person's thoughts, so it's almost the same as speech. It's entirely fine. I agree with Joel, however, in reminding you not to overdo it (or any given technique).

(On an entirely separate note, why is she _walking_ down an escalator? Escalators move. Is it broken or does she want to go faster than it's carrying her?)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-12-29T13:13:23Z (almost 12 years ago)
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