Cognitive position of real person to fictional character. This originates from Kevin Hardwick's Narrative Stance Model on rgfa. However, usage on The Forge differs. The original model had four stances: in-character, audience, actor, and director. The Forge refers to only three stances: Author, Actor, and Director. A fourth stance, Pawn, is sometimes separated out from Author.

References:

• GNS and Other Matters of Role-playing Theory, Chapter 3: Stance
• Is Director Stance Real? (The Forge, Oct 2001)
• Further on Stances (The Forge, Oct 2001)
• Making Stuff Happen non-Stance (The Forge, Nov 2001)
• Stance Theory: The Hegemony of One Character (The Forge, Oct 2004)