It’s important to make sure you know what kind of a story format your writing in and keep to it. There is “God mode” where you know every thought of every character, “Single player mode” where you know every thought and move of a single character but still third person. xx video “First person shooter” is inside their head, using “I did” “I saw” “I broke his neck.” A lot of people tend to forget which mode they are writing in.And yes I’m a nerd. It’s why I write scifantasy. Usually I wait for an introduction, or I have the character talk to himself. Maybe while hiding in the bushes, he mutters to himself and uses his own name, that way it’s not “He’s a man, oh wait, now he’s Arealam.” It does
