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If you read Anthony Horowitz's 'Moriarty', you'll see that he very effectively leaves the character unnamed (this statement isn't exactly true but I don't want to spoil it for you, but you could google it for more info).

Essentially, you could give your character a name, but not their actual name.

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: Guidance on pacing the introduction of new characters I'm adding a qualifying question to the end of this question. So I have (let's say) two types of feedback in my beta critiques and real-life

: How do I include a powerful theme in my story without making it blatantly obvious? I want to have an underlying message in my writing but I really don't want it to come across as annoying

: How can I make a "meeting in VR" less dumb? I've written myself into a sci-fi cliche which I have never seen done well: two characters meet in virtual reality. The gist of my scene is one

: Write what people intended to say, not the sounds of the words. We don't write character accents phonetically (hopefully). We don't add every "umâ€¦" and pause that's used in normal speech.

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