: Re: Should the narrator use pseudonyms in writing? I have characters who have to use false names. Should the narrator use their real name or false name? For example, if person A was being called

I had the same issue in one of my stories. In it, two female ninjas were infiltrating the dregs of society in a port city, and needed to go by pseudonyms (it wasn't a serious training according to the point of view character, and she has a major sass problem).

So what did I do? I put the question to the character. Because I was writing 1st person (my usual thing, though this works well when writing in 3rd person, if close to a sole character. Be warned that if you switch the lens, you need to switch the name, and that gets confusing). So Aya, the point of view character, brought her usual sass to bear, and she referred to her companion as 'Kara' (seriously, with the quotations every time) for the duration of their infiltration.

My advice to you, is look at what matches the narrative. If written in omniscient 3rd person, you can't really get away with much, but in 3rd limited and 1st? You can use the voice of your point of view character to tell you what makes more sense in the situation. Spy constantly changing name? They might need to think of themselves by this name to keep from coming over as apathetic to the name or disingenuous. Sassy character that hates the situation, but understands it well enough to cooperate? Count on taking little victories whenever they can.

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