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Q&A When writing in third person perspective, how do you differentiate the 'she' or the 'he' from the other 'he's and 'she's?

Personnally I organize my writing in this way : "I'm against this ! told John, protesting vividly. He stood up from his seat. - You cannot stop us from taking this decision !" replied Stev...

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

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:15:02Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar MyGamebooks‭ · 2019-12-08T13:15:02Z (about 5 years ago)
Personnally I organize my writing in this way :

> "I'm against this ! told John, protesting vividly. He stood up from his seat.
> 
> - You cannot stop us from taking this decision !" replied Steve. He stood up too.

Afterwards, you can continue to use "he/his" if you continue to talk about Steve. Otherwise you need to specify that John is doing something.

That seems to me the simplest and clearest way to describe things.

Good luck to you !

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-11-21T09:03:31Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 1