: Re: Interractive, fourth wall styles . . . What do people think? I've set up my 1st person narrator as a particular type of character. She's the type of person who sits next you on a bus or

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Is this style of storytelling offputting? Yes. All styles of storytelling are offputting to somebody. For a given technique, there will be people who just plain don't like it, and won't be swayed. If you're planning to use the technique regardless, there's little point worrying about these people. If you want to please these people (i.e. attract these people as readers) and use this technique, you'll have to decide what you care about more, and make a choice.

A lot of people, however, keep a somewhat open mind about such things. They'll be willing to accept an unusual technique as long as it's worth their while, and especially if it feels like there's a reason for it. If the technique you use feels integral to the story, and helps to communicate things which would be less efficiently communicated without it, then it will feel in-some-way natural regardless of whether the reader is used to it. Even if it isn't integral to the story, if it's enough fun to read, that might not matter for a lot of people.

As for whether you should use it, that's up to you. It depends on your personal goals, preferences and preoccupations.

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