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The Nanami scenes in the new jjk episode have me falling to my kneesš
people who outline ficsā¦how do you do that
When you are writing a story and refer to a character by a physical trait, occupation, age, or any other attribute, rather than that characterās name, you are bringing the readerās attention to that particular attribute. That can be used quite effectively to help your reader to focus on key details with just a few words. However, if the fact that the character isĀ āthe blond,ā āthe magician,ā āthe older woman,ā etc. is not relevant to that moment in the story, this will only distract the reader from the purpose of the scene.Ā
If your only reason for referring to a character this way is to avoid using his or her name or a pronoun too much, donāt do it. Youāre fixing a problem that actually isnāt one. Just go ahead and use the name or pronoun again. Itāll be good.
Someone finally spelled out the REASON for using epithets, and the reasons NOT to.
In addition to that:
If the character you are referring to in such a way is THE VIEWPOINT CHARACTER, likewise, donāt do it. I.e. if youāre writing in third person but the narration is through their eyes, or what is also called āthird person deep POVā. If the narration is filtered through the characterās perception, then a very external, impersonal description will be jarring. Itās the same, and just as bad, as writing āMy bright blue eyes returned his gazeā in first person.
Furthermore,Ā
if the story is actually told through the eyes of one particular viewpoint character even though itās in the third person, and in their voice, as is very often the case, then you shouldnāt refer to the characters in ways that character wouldnāt.
In other words, if the third-person narrator is Harry Potter, when Dumbledore appears, it saysĀ āDumbledore appearsā, notĀ āAlbus appearsā. Bucky Barnes would think of Steve Rogers asĀ āSteveā, where another character might think of him asĀ āCapā. Chekov might think of Kirk asĀ āthe captainā, but Bones thinks of him asĀ āJimā.Ā
Now, there are real situations where you, I, or anybody might think of another person asĀ āthe other manā,Ā āthe taller manā, orĀ āthe doctorā: usually when you donāt know their names, like when there are two tap-dancers and a ballerina in a routine and one of the men lifts the ballerina and then she reaches out and grabs the other manās hand; or when there was a group of people talking at the hospital and they all worked there, but the doctor was the one who told them what to do. These are all perfectly natural and normal. Similarly, sometimes I think of my GP asĀ āthe doctorā even though I know her name, or one of my coworkers asĀ āthe taller manā even though I know his. But I definitely never think of my long-term life partner asĀ āthe green-eyed womanā or one of my best friends asĀ āthe taller personā or anything like that. Itās not a sensible adjective for your brain to choose in that situation - itās too impersonal for someone youāre so intimately acquainted with. Also, even if someone was having a one night stand or a drunken hookup with a stranger, they probably wouldnāt think of that person asĀ āthe other manā: you only think ofĀ āotherā when youāre distinguishing two things and you donāt have to go to any special effort to distinguish your partner from yourself to yourself.
This is something that I pretty consistently have to advise for those I beta edit for.Ā (It doesnāt help that I relied on epithets a lot in the earlier sections of my main fic because I was getting into the swing of things.)Ā I am reblogging this so fanfic writers can use this as a reference.
A good rule of thumb: a characterās familiarity with another character decreases the need for an epithet (and most times you really donāt need one at all).
Good writing advice.
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