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Old 06-28-2019, 11:05 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
This is another of those context sensitive pieces of advice. Yes, you must try to be sure the reader is always clear about who is who (without being unnecessarily condescending to your reader), but also remembering that how they are referred to is also part of speech (and, in first person narratives, thought) patterns.
True, the hero's best friend will talk/think about him one way, his girlfriend another, and the villain in still another way.
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