: Re: When writing in third person perspective, how do you differentiate the 'she' or the 'he' from the other 'he's and 'she's? Every time I write and read the 'she's and the 'he's especially in

@Angela458

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It can often help to clearly separate who you're talking about. If you have different genders in conversation, it's easier, but you'll just have to find another separator for other situations. Like this:

Woman_1 said something.
Woman_2 thought about it, tapped her fingers and the side of her arm, and answered.
"But it's not like this, it's like that!"
"I feel it's like this, though"
She looked at her in deep thought.

Who looked at who in thought? It's simple - you switch the initiative every line. Woman_1 was doing things in lines 1, 3, and 5, while Woman_2 was doing things in lines 2 and 4. Therefore, It's Woman_1 looking at Woman_2, because it's her turn to do something.
Of course, if a sequence gets longer, then you'll have to restate names, or identifiers. ("The taller woman answered..." - which of course requires the reader to know whose taller. You'll generally have better differences than length, though.)

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