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One point Standbank didn't mention in their thorough answer is media reference, especially media of the same type as what the consumer is experiencing. For example, if the final product is a book, most words related to "reading" or "writing" or "stories" can break the reader's suspension of disbelief:

Book, novel, literature
Read, reading, reader
Write, writing, writer (excluding messages, like "emails")
Author
Story

Film or TV counterparts

Film, filming, filmmaker, director,
TV
Script
Act, acting, actors
Watch, viewing
Story

Note that these groups are mutually exclusive, because a movie in a novel is still a story in a story and may break the reader's suspension of disbelief.

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