tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post16542882831494290..comments2023-10-17T07:29:38.379-05:00Comments on Writing in a Vortex: The Unreliable NarratorL.A. Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11729129827211991040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-41824420686685129652008-09-02T08:10:00.000-05:002008-09-02T08:10:00.000-05:00I guess it's hard to be surprising too many times,...I guess it's hard to be surprising too many times, or it becomes expected. I suppose it's his double-edged sword. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the input everyone. The surprise is still cooking :)L.A. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729129827211991040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-86279976555523842022008-08-31T18:00:00.000-05:002008-08-31T18:00:00.000-05:00Love this post. That movie got me, too...and I lo...Love this post. That movie got me, too...and I loved it. The last movie I saw by that guy, though, wasn't nearly as good. I was disappointed.Melanie Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497149947919576774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-49513069382631655582008-08-31T12:33:00.000-05:002008-08-31T12:33:00.000-05:00Hey, remember that movie we saw? (which doesn't de...Hey, remember that movie we saw? (which doesn't deserve a plug here). I WISH they'd thrown in an unreliable narrator twist *grin*.<BR/><BR/>I do love this concept, though. You know how much I love to say "Perception is Reality". It's so true. <BR/><BR/>The Sixth Sense caught me so completely by surprise I was a little peeved at the end. But then I thought it was brilliant. I guess that's why I'm so disappointed when M. Night's other movies don't surprise me. There is a backlash for you. <BR/><BR/>I think you do this well, though. Things Not What They Seem is a great theme.<BR/><BR/>As for the reader pay off, only the reader can tell you. You have to keep the promise to do the best job you know how to do.<BR/><BR/>And don't fall in to the "Last Pages" trap. It's notorious for doubling the nefarious efforts of the internal editor to derail your confidence and make you rewrite the whole damn book. Over and over and over and ove.. well, you get the picture. :)Sherry A Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206772322781391022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-37032747741525728142008-08-30T23:28:00.000-05:002008-08-30T23:28:00.000-05:00It's all about belief on the page. Without providi...It's all about belief on the page. Without providing your reader the tools to decipher your plot puzzle, they will indeed feel betrayed. Give the characters enough motivation and drop enough hints -- ah, yes, that is the tricky part. How many is enough? -- and readers will buy into the twisted ending. Personally, I love when I don't see it coming. It just doesn't happen often these days.K.M. Saint Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497196465431986957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-56657472106124610012008-08-30T11:26:00.000-05:002008-08-30T11:26:00.000-05:00Hey, L.A., I think if you can leave the right kind...Hey, L.A., I think if you can leave the right kind of clues along the way, the reader will not feel betrayed by a twisted ending.<BR/><BR/>Good luck,<BR/><BR/>JenJen FitzGeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10873014078045749082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238174599083558093.post-39195925056222621932008-08-29T21:47:00.000-05:002008-08-29T21:47:00.000-05:00I loved those old twisty Twilight Zones too, and h...I loved those old twisty Twilight Zones too, and have done several stories with that kind of ending. I've never tried it with a novel length, though. I doubt I could pull it off.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com