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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31773
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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I am writing a story about a war, and there is this particular character whom they are a traitor to their own side. The traitor's identity is to be unknown until the Resolution part of the story in which their identity is finally exposed. I plan to make this character the least likely person to be the traitor, but yet keep their habits and behavior somewhat similar to themselves being the traitor. Their normal behavior is usually very confident and charismatic, and they love attention from people. I want to maintain this personality in some form as they gather information for the enemy, as they may do certain things from their own habits that would be their mistake. The protagonist of the story would later point this out when they finally uncover the traitor's identity and do a "re-cap" of what they found out.

This character is really complicated, and I am worried that the reader may be able to uncover the traitor's identity easily on their own. So how do I maintain some of their habits but yet not make their identity obvious?

I am a novice writer, so I still have yet to learn about writing techniques and things like these.

Original score: 6