: Re: How to have a character speak pidgin without inducing cringes? The character Lee in Steinbeck's East of Eden is a Chinese-American who speaks in pidgin â€” until he explains to his boss, in

I suggest having the narrator, and the reader, know almost immediately that he is playing this game, even if the protagonist doesn't find out until later. Like on the first page in which he speaks. This would at least reduce the number of people who call you mean names on Twitter before they get up to reading the part where you reveal that you didn't intend the character to be a flat, racist stereotype.

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: Naming Side characters So, basically, how do you name side characters? I get that you should give the main characters meaningful names, but finding suitable names for all of my characters is

: Re: How to have a character speak pidgin without inducing cringes? The character Lee in Steinbeck's East of Eden is a Chinese-American who speaks in pidgin â€” until he explains to his boss, in

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: How to get across to the reader a characterâ€™s prophetic abilities My protagonist is speaking to my interpretation of the three fates from Greek mythology. He doubts their abilities until one

: Naming Side characters So, basically, how do you name side characters? I get that you should give the main characters meaningful names, but finding suitable names for all of my characters is

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