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Q&A How best to prevent a protective response from overshadowing a heroic act?

Don't make it about him. If it works in your story, switch to her point of view. If you need to stick with your main character's point of view, then focus on him describing her actions as a nar...

posted 6y ago by Cyn‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T10:04:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
Don't make it about him.

If it works in your story, switch to her point of view.

If you need to stick with your main character's point of view, then focus on him describing her actions as a narrator would and don't focus on what he's feeling. Some feelings will come across and that's fine. Just make it about her.

If you have a narrator that moves around, then keep the narrator with your hero and not with your main character at this point. You can move back later, or intersperse.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-11-02T01:17:42Z (about 6 years ago)
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