Free Indirect Style

[Agincourt]

Hello all. I am a novice writer. Due to some encouragement I am writing about the city of Bell scandal (yikes, I was in the middle of it!) I am fascinated by the "free indirect style/discourse." Works magically with fiction, guiding the reader seamlessly into the story. The question: Can this style be used in non-fiction? I see it as problematic but what a challenge! I joined this forum to ask tis question!

[JBI]

Hello all. I am a novice writer. Due to some encouragement I am writing about the city of Bell scandal (yikes, I was in the middle of it!) I am fascinated by the "free indirect style/discourse." Works magically with fiction, guiding the reader seamlessly into the story. The question: Can this style be used in non-fiction? I see it as problematic but what a challenge! I joined this forum to ask tis question!
A better question is, how does that effect the authority of narrative voice in a non-fiction (supposedly factual) piece.

[Emil Miller]

A better question is, how does that effect the authority of narrative voice in a non-fiction (supposedly factual) piece.

That would be the problem. Using the device in non-fiction writing would set the narrator above what he was writing about; thereby diminishing the importance of the narrative and calling into question the reliability of the narrator.

[Gregory Samsa]

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