[ SECRET POST #3209 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3209 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[naemi.livejournal.com]

I don't know about prose for sure, but there used to be a rule (I'm not sure if it's still in effect, or if there's a difference between here and there) for movie scripts that says to first introduce an unknown character by giving him or her a specific description, but then, later, always use her or his name.

So it would read something like

BEN, a blonde twenty-something with a bird tattooed on his neck […]

the first time around.

In a nutshell, it sounds about right introducing a character in prose with a little description if the character whose pov we're in doesn't know him or her, but then refer to said character by name once we know it. I mean, duh, it is common sense, right? Just check how we look at people and refer to them in daily life. Once we know someone's name, do we really think of that person as "the guy I met at the bar" or "the chick that was at auditions with me"?

I don't think so =)