Unreliable Narrators The Writers’ Gym podcast

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In this episode Rachel and Emily look at unreliable narrators and how to create and use them in your writing. With examples from literature we look at the ways in which unreliable narrators can give your stories depth, authenticity and a plot-twist or two to keep your readers guessing.

The references in today’s episode include

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
The other lives of Miss Emily White by AJ Ellwood
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
The Collector by John Fowles
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Dex Legacy (audio drama) by Emily Inkpen

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