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In omniscient third person it is common to say something like "Years later the villagers would come to know these events as the Purple Feast." This is expected since the reader has taken the role of listener and the writer the role of the story teller.
In close third person how icky is it to do this? I'm following Joe the Dragon Slayer in close third person on one of his quests and he defeats the dragon. Can I as the narrator poke my nose in at the end of the battle and say "Years later, this battle was known as the Joe Throw" and then resume my close third narrative?
Perhaps a more clever technique would be to say:
As Joe put down his sword, sat on a rock and drunk the last of his water, he mused, "In the years hence, will they call this 'The Joe Throw'?"
They have different connotations. In the first this says nothing about Joe's character or voice, but in the second there is definitely a statement about Joe.
Thanks!
In close third person how icky is it to do this? I'm following Joe the Dragon Slayer in close third person on one of his quests and he defeats the dragon. Can I as the narrator poke my nose in at the end of the battle and say "Years later, this battle was known as the Joe Throw" and then resume my close third narrative?
Perhaps a more clever technique would be to say:
As Joe put down his sword, sat on a rock and drunk the last of his water, he mused, "In the years hence, will they call this 'The Joe Throw'?"
They have different connotations. In the first this says nothing about Joe's character or voice, but in the second there is definitely a statement about Joe.
Thanks!