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Hello!

I've seen a lot of story narration tips that say to make your narrator unreliable. How? I don't know how to contradict myself with writing (if that's even how you do it...).

Hi, I see that your name says deactivated, I hope just changed the name or something and can still see it.

How to write an unreliable narrator

An unreliable narrator is a storyteller who does not tell the story how it really is.

Why use an unreliable narrator?

An unreliable narrator can show the reader that every truth has different layers and that not everything that you get told has to be true. It is an interesting way to keep the reader in the dark about something, that later becomes a major plot twist. Or it can leave the reader guessing about what is real and what is not.

Every narrator is going to be unreliable sometimes. Even with good intentions, they don't know everything and every person is inherently guided by their own subjective opinions and views that always play a part in narration.

Types of unreliable narrator

Unintentionally unreliable

inexperience/naivity, because of age, a mental illness or other factors [the narrator does not realize that they are not telling the actual story]

being lied to themself [they can't tell the whole truth, because they are not being given it either]

Intentionally unreliable

guilt [the narrator lies or omits part of the story to make themself look better/to hide their guilt]

profitting by lying [the narrator wants to get something by lying about the actual circumstances]

Insanity would probably lie between the two types, as it's not sure how much they can actually control their doing

How to write it?

easiest way is by using first person narration

the reader has to trust the narrator, because they are their only source of information

but it's possible with every narrator

decide on how to show that it is unreliable:

immediately [the narrator immediately tells obvious lies, which makes the reader question every other information they are being given]

over time [there are parts of the narration that don't align, there are more and more signs that something doesn't add up]

as a major plot twist [the narrator seems to be reliable, but at the end, the reader realizes that they haven't told the truth, sometimes about basically the entire story, sometimes about a few major points]

the narrator should be unreliable from the beginning, no matter what kind you decide on, it's just not discernible in some cases until later

you should write all your narrators unreliable from time to time, even if you don't want it to be a major plot point, because they simply don't have all the informations or misread something

you can let other characters show and tell the actual truth to expose your unreliable narrator

Hope this makes it more understable for you!

- Jana

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Beans

also, if you were transported into the Murdoch universe and could get a job anywhere, what would it be and who would be your mentor?

Strawberries and a brownie or peaches with a cupcake?

and finally, if James Gillies hadn’t been excecuted, what crazy crime would you have wanted to see by him next?

a lot I know but I have been wondering about this. I’m sending these to some other people and we’ll see the results lol.

Beans (but beans are a vibe tbh)

Omg ahhh I would want to work at station house number 4. Preferably as a detective. My mentor would probably be like Murdoch or Watts, but I'd love to work with George and Brax.

Strawberries and a brownie FOR SURE

Hmmm, okay so Gillies would first sneak into the station house and leave everyone a note on their desk saying why he doesn't like them. For instance Georges would be like "Crabbush or whatever I don't like you because you fucking shot me, not cool dude, not cool"

Then he would leave a package at each of their residence and all the items in everyone's package would contain as clue as to where he's hiding out.

Honestly it would just be Potatoes.

So then while they’re trying to figure out where Gillies is hiding, Gillies is fucking having a blast hiding in Murdoch and Julia's potato cooking room. (I can see after Julia and Murdoch leave for work Gillies BLASTING music and dancing to it by himself).

So, like they can’t seem to find Gillies, until one day Murdoch opens his potato cooking room, and Gillies is sitting in there and is like “Hello William”.

So not a crime, but I’d like to see that happen.

@missschmidt4 I might ask you a few question myself :) Thanks for including me<3

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