My writing professors have always stressed that narrative and dialogue are much more important than introspection. Long passages of people thinking is just plain *boring*. While such was the norm in eighteenth century and eariler serial novels, it has long since passed out of fashion, and should be used *sparingly*. My professors say that everything you write you should consider it "in real time". Think about how long it takes the character to do what you're writing. If your character is thinking for more than 5-10 minutes, you're taking too long. After all, if it were onscreen, we'd be bored ut of our skulls watching it.
Laura
“Rules only make sense if they are both kept and broken. Breaking the rule is one way of observing it.”
--Thomas Moore
"Keep an open mind, I always say. Drives sensible people mad, I know, but what did we ever get from sensible people? Not poetry or art or music, that's for sure."
--Charles de Lint, Someplace to Be Flying
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