Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Who is telling this story?
The unreliable narrator is a popular trope, especially in thrillers.
I totally get it: it is delightfully shocking as a reader to discover part way through the book that the person telling you this story has been lying all along.
Here’s the thing.
All narrators are unreliable, to a certain extent. Because all narrators filter the story through their own experiences and only show the reader what you, the author, want them to see in any given moment. Picking your narrator is an important choice. Here are just some of the options you can consider when choosing your narrator and point of view.
