Term for reference to ambient surroundings when creating a work?

Question

Is there a term in English (or borrowed from other languages) that describes the moment wherein an author mentions what is happening whilst creating the work one is reading?

As an example, consider the following verse in Bob Dylan's Blind Willie McTell:

I’m gazing out the window
Of the St. James Hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell

My interpretation is that he is gazing out the window when writing the lyric: an intimate moment that bring us even closer, and may describe the inspiration.

Personally, I find that moment absolutely chilling. Is there a name for it?

Answer 1

It can be called authorial intrusion or narrative intrusion, although these terms describe a more general literary device, where the author interrupts the story to say something directly to the reader. I don't know any special terminology for the more specific case where the author says something about what is happening while they are writing.