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Lies, Damned Lies and the Unreliable Narrator

Lies seem to be flavour of the month, don’t they? [Can’t think what made me light on that, can you?] I can’t match Dame Isadora on lies, but I found myself thinking about lies in fiction and what they say about the characters. And, sometimes, the readers, too.

truth or lies

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Lies and Integrity?

Don’t know about you, but the heroes and heroines I write have to be people of integrity. Does that mean they can’t tell lies, though?

Um. Well, no. Not exactly.
It depends… Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in writing, writing craft and tagged Agatha Christie, Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, first-person narrative, Gail Honeyman, heroes, liars, lies, readers likes and dislikes, The Aikenhead Honours, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, unreliable narrator, villains on 30th January 2022 by Joanna.
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