![]() With characters, however, we get to listen in. That’s a bit too much for any of us 3-dimensional people. ![]() To do so would make them vulnerable, naked, without protection. Most people simply don’t tell what they’re thinking, in full, to others. If they did, they’d be talking nonstop.Īnd they’d be opening up the very most intimate part of themselves. Lovers may share most of what they’re thinking, or an abusive parent might dump every thought on a child, but for the most part, men and women don’t share every thought. In our worlds, however, even if we do reveal our thoughts, it’s likely that no one hears those thoughts uncensored. Unless we reveal them, no one knows what we’re thinking. He hears it and the reader hears it, but other characters have no idea what’s going on in his head. Inner dialogue is simply the speech of a character to himself. ![]() The topic of character thoughts has come up repeatedly for me in the last couple of weeks, and I promised to address punctuation for inner dialogue. Februby Fiction Editor Beth Hill last modified March 21, 2016įYI-I updated this article on Jan.
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