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Q&A Making a big deal out of revealing a character's name

Does there always have to be a big, showy production about the revelation of a character's name? I was thinking that I'd just slide the name in quietly, in an off-hand manner. Probably the reader m...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Sphoorthy Nutulapati‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:13:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/21809
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Sphoorthy Nutulapati‭ · 2019-12-08T05:13:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
Does there always have to be a big, showy production about the revelation of a character's name?  
I was thinking that I'd just slide the name in quietly, in an off-hand manner. Probably the reader might not even realise that they're even reading the protagonist's name there. Is that a good idea? Or is too extreme?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-04-24T09:13:25Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 2