Should the narrator's text be written in italics?

Usually it is used as an interjection (the use of italics as the narrators voice) for exposition of the thought behind the running dialogue of two or more characters.Otherwise---use regular font and then quotation marks for the voice of the characters when starting or continuing the dialogue.

No. If you are showing the narrator's 'real life' situation AS WELL AS the story he/she is telling, you might put the story telling bit in italics but if the whole story's told from the narrator's point of view then it's not practical - the whole book would be in italics.

If you are doing a ms. for a story you are writing, it's sometimes permissable if the narrative is in the first person. Generally, though, italics represent thoughts: what a character is thinking instead of actually saying to the person. Also for emphasis: like when a person is shouting.

If this is a potential ms., and you are submitting it to an editor: do not use an italics font in the body of your manuscript. Underline the text (single line for italics, double line to indicate bold for chapter headings).

Hope this helps.

Yup! Lavengro has it, I think. The most common extensive usage of italicised text I have come across is in plays and librettos, when these are used for all forms of stage directions, descriptive material etc.

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OLLY x

I've never seen that done before....have you? .... have you picked up a work of fiction before?

i suppose you could it would just be awkward for the readers and if its for school I'm sure you'll lose points and or have to explain why you did that.....

Yes... of course it should. It's sort of like an inner duologue and should be set apart in some fashion. I use parenthesis myself. Maggie

No.

Where did you get that idea from??

No.