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A brief case study of the effect of point of view and how its effect on the reader’s sense of reliability can make or break a piece of writing. Continue reading →

Few literary techniques can be as interesting – and few as frustrating for beginning authors – as the unreliable narrator. Every reader is familiar with the unreliable narrator, and every reader responds to it – even if they don’t know the name, and often don’t recognize their own response – and it’s up to the author to recognize the technique, and either put it to use or counteract it. Continue reading →

A story’s point of view – the place of the narrator, and sometimes the audience – in the story – has a powerful effect on the reader experience, and it’s up to the author to recognize this and choose the right point of view to achieve his or her desired effect. Continue reading →