fictional persona
Made-up character role
A fictional persona is an invented character or identity that someone adopts, especially in creative or public contexts.
Writers create fictional personas as narrators distinct from themselves.
Online, people may craft fictional personas for roleplay, privacy, or self-expression: She maintained a fictional persona on social media for years.
The term distinguishes deliberate invention from genuine self-presentation.
- protagonistStory's central figure
- heroOne admired for courage
- tragic heroCharacter whose flaw causes ruin
- identityWho someone is
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
narrator · point of view · avatar · villain · sidekick · comic relief · character · shapeshifter · backstory · motivation · sock puppet · stage name · confidant · archetype · foil · self-insert · Mary Sue · parody
fictional personatrue self
One's genuine identity
authentic self · real person · historical figure · real self · inner self