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In short amounts, as you've done above, such "lecturing" is okay in first person. You're really not lecturing the reader so much as showing the narrator's state of mind. The trick is to ensure that these statements (also known as interior monologues) don't become long rants that are authorial intrusions and slow the forward movement of the plot.

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: How do I evaluate an unwritten plot/story? I'm working on a full, detailed outline of my planned book series before I have much of it written down. I'm not a pantser, I must have a clear

: Synonym recommendations for "chuckle?" Apparently I want to use this word a fair amount ("she chuckled," etc.), or, more specifically, a word that means "a short and [soft or gentle] laugh."

: As a rule of thumb: If a accident makes a characterâ€™s life worse, you can put it anywhere in the story, because it becomes just one more challenge for the character to overcome. If an

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: How do I evaluate an unwritten plot/story? I'm working on a full, detailed outline of my planned book series before I have much of it written down. I'm not a pantser, I must have a clear

: Synonym recommendations for "chuckle?" Apparently I want to use this word a fair amount ("she chuckled," etc.), or, more specifically, a word that means "a short and [soft or gentle] laugh."

: As a rule of thumb: If a accident makes a characterâ€™s life worse, you can put it anywhere in the story, because it becomes just one more challenge for the character to overcome. If an

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