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Q&A How to avoid mentioning the name of a character?

I am writing a short story which features a character known only as Old Man, but there is a part of the story where someone calls the Old Man by his name. Only once, and I was wondering if there wa...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Kalama Xander‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:10:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40102
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Kalama Xander‭ · 2019-12-08T10:10:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am writing a short story which features a character known only as Old Man, but there is a part of the story where someone calls the Old Man by his name. Only once, and I was wondering if there was a way to have it so that the name is said but not mentioned in the story. My story is written from the third person.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-11-13T16:45:35Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 45