Externalizing Internal Monologue

An Index, and a frequent Super-Trope.

In text, providing internal monologue is easy; the author simply writes down the character's thoughts.

In theater, movies, and television, giving internal monologue is trickier. These are the various methods of Externalizing Internal Monologue.


 * Aside (normally only seen in theater)
 * Aside Comment (the broader version, only sometimes used for this)
 * Captain's Log
 * Converse with the Unconscious
 * Flash Back, when seen through the eyes of one character.
 * Floating Advice Reminder
 * Good Angel, Bad Angel
 * Inner Monologue
 * Inner Monologue Conversation
 * The Man in the Mirror Talks Back
 * Mirror Monologue
 * Private Eye Monologue
 * The Rashomon requires either this, or wildly different events.
 * Soliloquy
 * Surrogate Soliloquy
 * Talking to the Dead
 * Thinking Out Loud
 * Whole-Episode Flashback when seen and narrated through one set of eyes.