: Re: How to make the reader think that the *character's* logic is flawed instead of the author's? Following up on my previous question, "How to make the villain's motives understandable if his logic

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You don't need an omniscient narrator or POV character to point out that something seems illogical. If it is obviously illogical to your reader then it is obviously illogical to your characters as well and they will likely respond to that fact.

Frank couldn't believe the sign on the door. Did Dick really expect him to leave the door closed simply because the sign asked? It must be a trap. After searching fruitlessly for some kind of mechanism for 30 minutes Frank tentatively turned the knob, eyes shut tight in anticipation of some kind of doom. Nothing happened and later that evening Frank found himself still wondering about the note as he cradled his newly acquired chest of gold bars.

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