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Introduce TP earlier. If you don't want TP introduced by coming "on stage" as it were, you can have characters refer to her/him. These folks are in a battle. Not only does that tend to bring pe...
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2019-12-20T00:40:32Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T10:11:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Introduce TP earlier. If you don't want TP introduced by coming "on stage" as it were, you can have characters refer to her/him.
These folks are in a battle. Not only does that tend to bring people closer together so that they'll talk about their lives and the people who aren't there, but it also means they're likely to think about those people with the experience to help.
Maybe MC can tell the others a story about what a bad-\*ss TP is. It could even be a funny story. But it would highlight the special skills TP has that will come into play later. Not a duplicate situation, but enough for the reader to know TP is capable of it.
If you also weave in occasional mentions or communications with TP ("s/he's over that hill there!" "TP's last message says s/he's down to 3 boxes of ammo"), you also avoid TP's appearance coming as a shocker to the reader.
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2018-11-17T00:52:23Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 7