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Answer A: How to trick the reader into thinking they're following a redshirt instead of the protagonist?
Misdirection works better if there is something to be misdirected to. To extend the metaphor you used in your question, if you want to make people think someone is a redshirt, it helps to have an apparent yellowshirt. So, for instance, you can have a police detective investigating mysterious deaths. ...
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over 5 years ago
Answer A: My story is written in English, but is set in my home country. What language should I use for the dialogue?
The purpose of nonfiction is to communicate information. The purpose of fiction is inducing particular emotional/mental states in the reader, although writers of fiction often intend it to be educational as well. If you're writing for a contest, you're probably aiming for creating the most favorable ...
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over 5 years ago
Answer A: How to make the reader think that the *character's* logic is flawed instead of the author's?
One way is to have the character's plans that were based on that logic to fall apart later. Also, if you show other examples of the character having flawed logic, then the reader is more likely to put it into that pattern. Another tactic is to have the flaw be over the top. While you can't guarantee ...
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