{"id":11755,"date":"2014-10-24T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=11755"},"modified":"2014-10-24T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:04:28","slug":"interior-monologue-carol-malone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/24\/interior-monologue-carol-malone\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior Monologue by Carol Malone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"What<\/a>This material first appeared as a course within the Group Coaching Program for Novelists where Carol is an assistant mentor. Click here\u00a0http:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for more information about the program where we help novelists write, edit, publish, and market their books with joy, love, enthusiasm, and smarts.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Welcome back author Carol Malone as she discusses what interior monologue is, its uses in fiction, and how to write it effectively so your readers will feel deeply for your characters.\u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>***<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, once you’d established yourself as a hard-nosed bitch, it was difficult to admit to the soft and fluffy woman you were hiding inside. And why would you want to admit to that anyway?”<\/em>\u00a0 “Started Early, Took My Dog<\/a>” by Kate Atkinson<\/p>\n

The above quote was the inner thoughts of a police woman in England nearing retirement. She\u2019s thinking to herself in a paragraph of writing which is different from setting time or space, or stage setting. What writing device the author used to convey the officer\u2019s thoughts is something we call, interior monologue.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is it and how do we write interior monologue?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What in the world is Interior Monologue?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interior monologue is nothing more than our character’s thoughts<\/strong>. It’s more than description of what they’re doing or the setting of the scene. It’s like the characters are talking out loud to themselves, only in their head.<\/p>\n

On the site, \u201cnovel writing help,\u201d http:\/\/www.novel-writing-help.com\/interior-monologue.html<\/a> we learn there are different definitions of interior monologue. \u00a0These are two that they suggest:<\/p>\n

* Stream of consciousness \u2013 like in James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” – where the entire novel comes from inside a character’s head. Not a lot of plot to that form of writing.<\/p>\n

* Solioquy: Think Hamlet’s: “To be or not to be” speech. Only difference is that Hamlet should have kept his long self-talk inside his head as not to be thought of as strange or crazy.<\/p>\n

Randy Ingermanson suggested there were two forms of interior monologue<\/strong>:\u00a0 Direct and indirect.<\/p>\n

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  1. Direct are the exact thoughts of the character<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Indirect is the approximate thoughts of the character as told by the narrator or author<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The reason we write out our character\u2019s thoughts out employing the writing device interior monologue is taught very specifically by Beth Barany, from her latest \u201cBuilding Remarkable Characters,\u201d workshop.<\/p>\n

      Beth said:\u00a0 \u201cSo today, your job is to uncover, discover, excavate \u2014 use whichever verb works for you \u2014 your main characters\u2019 fears and conflicts.<\/em> [We can do this with interior monologue.] \u2026 to step into the mind, body, heart, and soul of your character, to breathe life into them, so that you can share that vibrancy on the page through the story to your readers. And so that your readers can forget about their lives for a little while and live another life, until it\u2019s time to come back home to themselves again, hopefully refreshed and renewed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

      This is why people love fiction.<\/strong> We want to cheer for the characters, care about them, watch them overcome their conflicts, and we do that be living in their heads. Writing their thoughts out with the device interior monologue helps our readers make a connection that will last beyond the reading of our books and brings us deep into the characters point of view.<\/p>\n

      I love a good story where the character has some inner conflict with themselves<\/strong>, as does the woman in the following excerpt:<\/p>\n

      “No. No. No. What was wrong with her? Why couldn’t she love someone who would love her back? Why couldn’t she have what her brothers and twin had? Why couldn’t she find a lover, a friend, someone who would always have her back, someone who would give up absolutely everything for her…and someone for whom she would give up absolutely everything? Why couldn’t she be one half of two people who didn’t need anything but each other?”<\/em> Always on my Mind: the Sullivan\u2019s<\/a>,” by Belle Andre<\/p>\n

      Did you feel her conflict through her thoughts?<\/strong> You know her goals, her desires, and her fears without the author telling you about them. She doesn\u2019t want to fall in love with a taciturn farmer who has loads of emotional baggage and who is all wrong for her, but she\u2019s already in too deep.<\/p>\n

      Great authors skillfully use interior monologue to help characters sort out their deepest hurts, worst fears, and painful pasts so they can move on and change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Yes, there are mechanics to writing interior monologue:<\/p>\n

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      1. You could write the thought in first person, present tense (which is the way we actually think them) writing the thought in third person, past tense (so that they blend in with the rest of the text). Example: “Joe walked to the corner and back. Instead write: This is the fifth time I’ve passed her house today. I wonder when she\u2019s coming home.<\/em>“<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Using italics vs. using normal text, but use it sparingly lest your reader get tired of all the thoughts and close your book. Example:\u00a0 [in italics: \u201cWho does she think she is telling me I can\u2019t date Henry?\u201d]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Using a “he or she thought” tag vs. not using one. This can be overdone as well. Example: \u201cBoy, he thought, that dame is a dish.\u201d I personally don\u2019t think you need the phrase \u201che or she thought.\u201d We\u2019re already in the characters head, it\u2019s overkill.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Use neither italics nor monologue tags. [My personal favorite.] The two examples of interior monologue from Bella and Kate use neither italics nor tags, but the reader doesn\u2019t have any problem understanding when the character is thinking and pondering in their head.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Whatever form you choose to use, do it consistently throughout your novel.<\/strong> We don\u2019t want to confuse our readers now do we?\u00a0 See more at: http:\/\/www.novel-writing-help.com\/internal-monologue.html#sthash.UpjSKsdq.dpuf<\/a><\/p>\n

              Here’s some great advice from Randy Ingermanson:<\/p>\n

              \u201cInterior monologue is one of the most powerful tools the fiction writer has. Mix it well with Action, Dialogue, and Interior Emotion and it\u2019s hard to go wrong.\u201d http:\/\/www.advancedfictionwriting.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/how-to-do-interior-monologue-in-fiction-writing\/<\/a><\/p>\n

              Whatever your character thinks \u2013 write it down.<\/strong><\/p>\n

              Your challenge: <\/strong>Perhaps you could take a moment and pick out a spot in your novel where an inner thought or interior monologue from your character could deepen the scene. Is there something they need to flesh out in their mind? How can you incorporate more interior monologue rather than TELLING the reader what your character is thinking?<\/p>\n

              ***<\/p>\n

              ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong><\/h2>\n

              \"Carol<\/a>Carol Malone successfully combined her three passions \u2013 romance, sports, and writing in her 4 and 5-Star rated book,\u00a0\u201cFight Card Romance: Ladies Night<\/a>,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and became the first woman to punch her way into the male-dominated genre of pulp boxing with a tender love story. Her books entice readers to scramble into a front row seat for a power-packed thrill-ride or swoon to tales of gentle passion. If not hammering out new tales, Carol is reading, watching sports or the Food Network on TV, or hanging with her author husband on the Coast of California. She loves to chat about sports and amour.<\/p>\n

              Website:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/carolmalone.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n

              Facebook:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carolmaloneauthor<\/a><\/p>\n

              Twitter:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolAnneMalone<\/a><\/p>\n

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