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Edit Post #5458 Initial revision about 5 years ago
Question How best to handle revealing a main character's name midway through a long story in close-third person?
I'm writing a novel, and it's written in close third person perspective, very much sitting on the shoulder of one main character and privy to their thoughts. There is another very important character who goes only by his nickname for most of the novel, but who will mostly likely tell the main charact...
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