I like both, especially if it flows well with the story being told. Great effects can be used giving an account of events by a narrator, which...
I tend to walk through town with my notebook , sit in Costa and indulge in coffee, sat by the window making up back stories for the people that...
Mine would have to be " hey ... ya fire breathing hippo, I'm down ere ..... and can ya please put me boy down? He's gonna think your...
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