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Introspection is written in many different ways, and I had a few questions and thoughts I wanted to discuss:

Do you use direct, italicized thought (where first person pronouns are used)? At first, I used basically none, but the more I looked at popular books, the more I see it used, and am thus tempted to use it (plus, I do like it, as long as it’s not overdone)

Do you use filters/thought tags like ‘he thought’ or ‘she wondered?’ Personally, I do not, and I feel that they increase the psychic distance quite a bit (make it feel farther from the character’s head).

When writing indirect introspection (non-italicized with no first person pronouns), do you try to remove as many ‘he’s’ and ‘she’s’ as possible? For instance, She had always loved the sea  vs The was glorious. 

How much do you attempt to mix introspection with descriptions (i.e, make the description feel like it’s coming from the character’s mind)?

Could you give me an example of a  paragraph of introspection that you have written in third person limited?

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