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Answer by Thaddeus Howze for Multiple characters without names: how to address

Here is a problem I run into regularly as a short story writer. Sometimes I don't ever plan to give someone a name. Particularly if they are going to be disposed of in some fashion not warranting the...

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Answer by Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum for Multiple characters without names:...

You have to identify them somehow. Use adjectives.The tall man vs. the short manThe older man vs. the younger manThe long-haired man vs. the man with the thistle-down hairThe carpenter vs. the...

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Multiple characters without names: how to address

First off, the answer might be pretty much obvious (that there is no clear way to distinguish these characters) but I would still very much like to have perspectives (and perhaps even get an answer).I...

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