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Prompt for April 7, 2025

Disguises. Aliases. Faking identities. Hiding in plain sight. Characters in many stories find many reasons — and many ways — to fake their identity.

So consider this: How would your characters either disguise themselves as another person, or hide who they are in a public space?

Remember that disguises are more than just changing your appearance! Their voice, the way they walk, even a distinctive hair color or birth mark can give them away … or throw others off the scent. So here’s this week’s character prompt:

  1. To create a disguise, what would your characters need to change about themselves?
  2. What tell-tale giveaways would your characters would need to hide about themselves?

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