: Re: Would it be cheating to change the main character's "name" partway through the story? I'm writing a story written in third-person limited, and the main character has no real name. They simply

No, of course it isn't!!!

If you read Anthony Horowitz's Moriarty, you'll see that's exactly what he did.

(I hate to spoil this) He started the story as 'Let me tell you my name is Frederick Chase' and the main villain of the story is Moriarty, although he never appears. At the end, 'Frederick' shoots the other main protagonist of the story, and the reader finds out that 'Frederick' is actually Moriarty himself! Genius!

My point is, you can tell the reader anything you want as long as the story's interesting and understandable.

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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

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: 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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