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Topic : Re: How to format multiple inner voices, differentiating the text from dialogue? and omnipresent inner voice For the occasional use of inner voice, Italics are usually recommended. However I have - selfpublishingguru.com

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Using first person might work best for a situation like this. You'd be able to easily convey inner thoughts, use quotation marks for strictly dialog, and have the option to format intruding other "inner" voices differently...

As I approached the burnt-out shell of the stone building, I thought it looked like the fires of hell had consumed it. You don't know what hell is like, a voice in my head thought. I shook my head to clear it.

...or as vague thoughts:

As I approached the burnt-out shell of the stone building, I thought it looked like the fires of hell had consumed it. As if I had any idea what hell was like! Why did I think that? I wondered, confused. I shook my head to clear it.


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