: Re: Is it OK to refer to some characters by first name and to others by last name? I'm writing the outline for my first novel, which has three main characters. I'm very happy with their names,

It is ok, if it fits to your story, i.e. the relationships of your characters and how they address each other.

If they are good friends, it is unlikely that they use surnames to talk to each other. If it is a stranger or the boss, it is more common to use the last name.

You have to ask yourself from which perspective you write your scene. If your POV is the wife of Mr Last-Name, then, no, it is not ok. If his student is telling the story, it is ok.

When using a omniscient narrator and he always refers to him as Mr Last-Name, go for it. Just do not switch surprisingly in the last chapter to "Joe" and puzzle your readers.

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