I’m talking about mainly third person narrators in fiction, like for example, “if you have felt/heard/seen X then…”. What is it called?

    • bionicjoey
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      1 year ago

      While that’s also what I’d call it, it’s a bit of a misnomer. The fourth wall is an acting term that refers to actors not interacting beyond the invisible wall that separates them from the audience. There isn’t really any such rule that says an author can’t address their readers directly in that way.