Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Stream-of-Consciousness

Read Job 7-9

Job 7:1 "Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?"

When a character talks to himself or talks a great deal without any other characters contributing to the conversation, he might be doing a soliloquy. He could even be telling a story.

If he is using stream of consciousness, it is likely to seem pointless and boring. Stream of consciousness refers to writing whatever comes into our heads as one thought leads to another but does not seem to be connected to anyone who might read it.

A stream of consciousness for a character will have to be masterfully written or the readers will get tired of the character. Stream of consciousness may be better kept to our journals and writing exercises, rather than put into the market place.

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