As an author I am currently struggling with a situation I’ve never run into before. In the novel I’m working on, I have a character who is known by a different name by most of the other characters but she knows who she really is and so do a smattering of the other characters. So, when I write about her from the perspective of a character that knows her by name A, I refer to her as A. But when she’s the point of view character, she thinks of herself as B. It’s confusing enough for me and I think I know what I’m doing. I wonder how that will sit with readers. Will they get it and be fine or will they throw up their hands and say “this is ridiculous.” I got some great suggestions last night at a writers’ group I attended that I’ll have to think over. Anyone with a suggestion, I’m open.
