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Q&A How to trick the reader into thinking they're following a redshirt instead of the protagonist?

If I had to play out this scene from the POV of the protagonist, it would be hard to transition from "redshirt" to "heroine" in a first person narrative. She - as a person - is the heroine from the...

posted 5y ago by Oren_C‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:07:08Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/45764
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Oren_C‭ · 2019-12-08T12:07:08Z (almost 5 years ago)
If I had to play out this scene from the POV of the protagonist, it would be hard to transition from "redshirt" to "heroine" in a first person narrative. She - as a person - is the heroine from the start no matter what the reader thinks. Her personality doesn't change.

That's why I would play this scene out from the _monster_'s point of view. For the monster this is just another night and another prey. It could follow its prey and come to (false) conclusions about how she is just the same as every other prey. then, the monster will be surprised by the magical girl and the chapter ends with its death.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-06-05T13:06:20Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 110