Simon asks: Can you recommend any particularly great uses of an unreliable narrator? I mean, aside from Suave Rob… Resources Mentioned: Suave Rob’s Amazing AdventuresThe Usual SuspectsAn Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain PearsLolita, by Vladmir NabakovThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by …
Simon asks: Can you push an unreliable narrator too far, and just break people’s immersion? Resources Mentioned: Lolita, by Vladmir NabakovSuave Rob’s Amazing Adventures
Simon asks: What are the pitfalls with using an unreliable narrator? Resources Mentioned:The Usual SuspectsThe Sixth SenseThe VillagePenn and Teller Fool Us
Simon asks: Are there any rules or conventions when using an unreliable narrator? I’m writing in first-person already which feels like it would be recommended if not outright required. Resources MentionedThe Usual SuspectsAn Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain PearsClueThe Murder of Roger Akroyd, by Agatha ChristieLolita, by Vladmir NabakovTime …
Erin asks: “How can you telegraph that not everything your POV character/narrator sees is real?” Subscribe Here!
Subscribe Here! Vega asks: “What kinds of unreliable narrators are there?” Resources mentioned: The Usual Suspects How to Cheat at Everything by Simon Lovell Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy and Paul Wilson Psychological Subtleties, vol 1 by Banachek Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
