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Originally Published on Storybilder July 28, 2021 Now that you’ve decided who is going to be telling your reader your story, let’s take a closer look at the technical aspects of how that story is going to be conveyed, and what the impacts of these technical choices may be on a reader’s experience. Point of View (who is telling your

Originally Published on Storybilder February 4, 2021 Which of your characters is going to lie to your audience, and why? Firstly, it’s always important to remember that no baddie ever actually thinks they’re the baddie. They are always hero of their own tales, so create them to believe that. Take Loki, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. His

First published on Storybildr January 22, 2021 Now that we’ve established what a point-of-view (POV) and a Narrative Voice are, let’s talk about Unreliable Narrators. These are narrators who, either because of the way they interpret the world, omissions in their story, or outright falsehoods and manipulation, lie to the reader. In the first part of this series, I talked about the narrator as the

Originally Published on Storybildr January 15, 2021 Once you’ve chosen your narrator, your next job is to figure out how they speak. Have a good long think about how their upbringing, social class, race, gender, sexuality, education, job, family home life, nation, etc. interconnect and serve to shape their morals, choices, preferences, and understanding of the world. And once

Originally posted on Storybildr January 8, 2021 Depending on how your plot is structured and the way your scenes are woven together, both your narrative and your readers may benefit from being able to experience your story through multiple different narrators. The Easy Stuff This storytelling choice allows the readers to experience different moments and episodes within