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I'm considering writing a first-person narrative story with a villain protagonist whose personal identity is indeterminate. The story follows the protagonist gradually self-actualizing through the stories and lives of other characters.

The first-person narration avoids using any name for the protagonist until the very end. They refer to themselves only with first-person pronouns like "I". Descriptions of the protagonist’s physical features are contradictory at first but become more defined as the story progresses. Their true name is mentioned sparingly but is always censored with black censor bars (█). The protagonist never refers to other characters with their names but simply uses variations of "Not I", leaving the readers to guess the characters being mentioned through dialogue alone.

The narrative frequently shifts to other characters' perspectives. Unlike the main character, the characters follow conventional narration. When they interact with or discuss the protagonist, each character uses a distinct name, title, and description for them.

Would this narrative style confuse readers?

I'm considering writing a first-person narrative story with a villain protagonist whose personal identity is indeterminate. The story follows the protagonist gradually self-actualizing through the stories and lives of other characters.

The first-person narration avoids using any name for the protagonist until the very end. They refer to themselves only with first-person pronouns like "I". Descriptions of the protagonist’s physical features are contradictory at first but become more defined as the story progresses. Their true name is mentioned sparingly but is always censored with black censor bars (███████). The protagonist never refers to other characters with their names but simply uses variations of "Not I", leaving the readers to guess the characters being mentioned through dialogue alone.

The narrative frequently shifts to other characters' perspectives. Unlike the main character, the characters follow conventional narration. When they interact with or discuss the protagonist, each character uses a distinct name, title, and description for them.

Would this narrative style confuse readers?

I'm considering writing a first-person narrative story with a villain protagonist whose personal identity is indeterminate. The story follows the protagonist gradually self-actualizing through the stories and lives of other characters.

The first-person narration avoids using any name for the protagonist until the very end. They refer to themself only with first-person pronouns like "I". Descriptions of the protagonist’s physical features are contradictory at first but become more defined as the story progresses. Their true name is mentioned sparingly but is always censored with black censor bars (█). The protagonist never refers to other characters with their names but simply uses variations of "Not I", leaving the readers to guess the characters being mentioned through dialogue alone.

The narrative frequently shifts to other characters' perspectives. Unlike the main character, the characters follow conventional narration. When they interact with or discuss the protagonist, each character uses a distinct name, title, and description for them.

Would this narrative style confuse readers?

I'm considering writing a first-person narrative story with a villain protagonist whose personal identity is indeterminate. The story follows the protagonist gradually self-actualizing through the stories and lives of other characters.

The first-person narration avoids using any name for the protagonist until the very end. They refer to themselves only with first-person pronouns like "I". Descriptions of the protagonist’s physical features are contradictory at first but become more defined as the story progresses. Their true name is mentioned sparingly but is always censored with black censor bars (█). The protagonist never refers to other characters with their names but simply uses variations of "Not I", leaving the readers to guess the characters being mentioned through dialogue alone.

The narrative frequently shifts to other characters' perspectives. Unlike the main character, the characters follow conventional narration. When they interact with or discuss the protagonist, each character uses a distinct name, title, and description for them.

Would this narrative style confuse readers?

I'm considering writing a first-person narrative story with a villain protagonist whose personal identity is indeterminate. The story follows the protagonist gradually self-actualizing through the stories and lives of other characters.

The first-person narration avoids using any name for the protagonist until the very end. They refer to themself only with first-person pronouns like "I". Descriptions of the protagonist’s physical features are contradictory at first but become more defined as the story progresses. Their true name is mentioned sparingly but is always censored with black censor bars (█). The protagonist never refers to other characters with their names but simply uses variations of "Not I", leaving the readers to guess the characters being mentioned through dialogue alone.

Frequently, the narrative shifts to other characters' perspectives. Unlike the main character, the characters follow conventional narration. When they interact with or discuss the protagonist, each character uses a distinct name, title, and description for them.

Would this narrative style confuse readers?

I'm considering writing a first-person narrative story with a villain protagonist whose personal identity is indeterminate. The story follows the protagonist gradually self-actualizing through the stories and lives of other characters.

The first-person narration avoids using any name for the protagonist until the very end. They refer to themself only with first-person pronouns like "I". Descriptions of the protagonist’s physical features are contradictory at first but become more defined as the story progresses. Their true name is mentioned sparingly but is always censored with black censor bars (█). The protagonist never refers to other characters with their names but simply uses variations of "Not I", leaving the readers to guess the characters being mentioned through dialogue alone.

The narrative frequently shifts to other characters' perspectives. Unlike the main character, the characters follow conventional narration. When they interact with or discuss the protagonist, each character uses a distinct name, title, and description for them.

Would this narrative style confuse readers?