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Q&A When opening a book

I hear a lot of things about how one should give the name of their character early in the writing setting etc. My question is is it ok not to name your character, not to be specific about your sett...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Samuel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:25:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/10509
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Samuel‭ · 2019-12-08T03:25:34Z (almost 5 years ago)
I hear a lot of things about how one should give the name of their character early in the writing setting etc. My question is is it ok not to name your character, not to be specific about your setting till a little later say toward the end of the first chapter.

For example if it were a movie, the screen would be black you would see nothing, slow thoughts would gradually progress into a picture. Various images would appear on the screen and the watcher would not know what they ment till later or what was even going on.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-03-15T01:04:41Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 1