Working editors will tell you to remove filter words from your writing.
She felt.
He noticed.
She saw.
He wondered.
They’ll say cut them and close the distance and put your reader directly in the experience instead of filtering it through a verb that reminds them they’re reading about someone else’s perception of an event. There seems to be this discomfort with allowing any manner of distance between a reader and the character.
And.
I want to push back on that.
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