When to disclose an unreliable narrator

Davis Harper and Jeff Maysh annotate Maysh's story about a young nurse who robbed banks, an "unreliable narrator" of her own story: "This story helped me realize that sometimes you don’t have to make the decision on who is telling the truth, or why," Maysh says. "I think you’ve got to be very clear that someone is an unreliable narrator, and allow the reader to make their mind up. That’s a tool from fiction, because some of the best fiction uses an unreliable narrator."

October 9, 2016

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