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I don't think it should be an issue for most readers. In the RW most of us have several names we go by - what our parents named us at...
Oct 10, 2026
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It's good to remember that no matter what you do, there will be a reader somewhere who will be confused. That's just because people will...
Oct 9, 2026
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I don't think it will confuse the reader if we can follow this development in the story so that we know before chapter seven that she...
Oct 9, 2026
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In 'Labyrinth War,' I have a POV Character who initially went by 'Singer,' though other characters did use his real name from time to...
Oct 8, 2026
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In my novel, The Second Journey, on of the main characters originally went by multiple names. The monkey King, Sun Wukong, Pilgrim...
Oct 8, 2026
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I think if you make it clear from the character's perspective, such as a few maybe internal reminders to themselves of their new names...
Oct 8, 2026
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Skins episodes are titled that way, and sometimes they are just titled, “everyone,” but only once every season. You also have books...
Oct 8, 2026
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For my current story. Main Party: Has their 'planned names' and probably won't deviate from them through editing. Minor Characters...
Oct 8, 2026
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In chapter 7, in the first paragraph, simply remind the reader what name she was using before and that Mielli is her new name that she...
Oct 8, 2026
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Haha, that's fair. I may be getting ahead of myself. I want to say readers would understand, but a critique on another story I wrote...
Oct 8, 2026
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Hello lovely people! So I think I've decided for my MC, Mielli, I want Mielli to be a name she chooses to adopt to better hide while...
Oct 8, 2026
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Nothing wrong with chapters of any particular length, or varying length. Unless every chapter was less than a page long, that might...
Oct 7, 2026
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Oh, I've seen this before, this is exactly how I write! It actually makes writing as a craft make more sense to me.
Oct 7, 2026
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We do the one scene per chapter thing because I used to have problems with this. Chapter length is one of those craft things where what...
Oct 7, 2026
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I have chapters as short as 300 words, and some that top 16,000 words. The chapters are as long as they need to be.
Oct 7, 2026
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