Timeline for Is it a form of "tell and not show" when characters talk to themselves?
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Mar 22, 2023 at 12:35 | comment | added | Heopps | Every rule has exceptions. Many writings of Franz Kafka are full of inner monologues of protagonists, and some of them are even just single uninterrupted monologues! For example "Forschungen eines Hundes" (I don't know its English title, sorry). "The Castle" has a lot of the protagonist's inner monologues too. The interesting part is that the monologues show (don't tell!) the characters' inner mechanics: what are their world views, their misconceptions, fears, feelings, etc. It makes them interesting to read. Maybe not for 100% of potential readers, but for many of them. | |
Mar 18, 2023 at 16:00 | answer | added | Amadeus | timeline score: 4 | |
Mar 18, 2023 at 11:41 | history | edited | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Mar 18, 2023 at 7:56 | comment | added | Mousentrude | Try looking at Shakespeare and his use of soliloquies. If reading his plays is too much, there are plenty of film adaptations. | |
Mar 18, 2023 at 1:38 | history | asked | user36239 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |