Definition:
Have you ever read a book where the author suddenly jolted you out of the storyline with a comment that just doesn't flow with the rest of the work? That's an authorial intrusion. Sometimes it works, but only when it's done by a master storyteller/writer.
Authorial intrusions are of substantial length (not just a brief aside in a novel) and they are addressed to you (the reader).
Have you ever read a book where the author suddenly jolted you out of the storyline with a comment that just doesn't flow with the rest of the work? That's an authorial intrusion. Sometimes it works, but only when it's done by a master storyteller/writer.
Authorial intrusions are of substantial length (not just a brief aside in a novel) and they are addressed to you (the reader).
