What style of writing would an author use in a passage that describes a character trying to get out of an extremely dangerous situation?

Answer 1

In a dangerous situation, people's brains often go into a more basic mode than usual: essentially, more acting and less thinking occurs. To reflect this shift, an authors can write in three different styles: first, he or she can use a stream of consciousness mode, for that would follow the entirety of the character's thoughts and actions in the order and duration that they occur. Second, the author could write less eloquently to signal this shift from thinking to acting. This would involve using small words and shorter sentences, because the character simply would not have the time nor put in the effort to make the language flow. Third, he or she could speed the style of writing up in an effort to communicate the adreneline rush the character would assumedly experience in a dangerous situation aad the fast pace at which the mind and body would be traveling.