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Q&A How does the narrator address a character who has changed her name, but only some people call her this new name?

I have a character (say Lucy) that in various circles is always pretending to be someone else with another name: She is Mary, Lisa, Brittany, Virginia. The narrator always calls her Lucy. She intr...

posted 7y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-19T22:13:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T06:33:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have a character (say Lucy) that in various circles is always pretending to be someone else with another name: She is Mary, Lisa, Brittany, Virginia.

The narrator always calls her Lucy. She introduces herself as (e.g.) Mary, people call her Mary, she responds to Mary.

> "Mary, you have to tell us, how was Paris?"
> 
> Lucy winced. "Cold and wet! You don't want to be in Paris this time of year! At least the pastry shop next door wasn't crowded, I think I spent every minute resisting it. With failures. Many, many failures!"

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-12-06T21:43:51Z (almost 7 years ago)
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