Deep Point of View
Deep Point of View is a highly immersive technique that seeks to remove the Narrator layer altogether from the book. It frames its narrative according… Read More »Deep Point of View
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Stream of Consciousness
Stream of Consciousness is a narrative style that conveys a character’s thoughts and observations as they occur. Because the human brain is generally chaotic, this… Read More »Stream of Consciousness
Final Thoughts | Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
And at long last, we come to the final thoughts. Through real-life patterns of deception, we can identify weaknesses in our writing and shift those… Read More »Final Thoughts | Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
The Misdirection of Agatha Christie | Liar, Liar
The mystery genre requires careful threading of information from character to character, between narrator and reader, and from author to audience. And Agatha Christie, as… Read More »The Misdirection of Agatha Christie | Liar, Liar
Breaking the CP on 3 Layers | Liar, Liar
Now that we’ve explored the Cooperative Principle and how to break it, we turn our attention back to our three layers of dialogue. Breaking the CP… Read More »Breaking the CP on 3 Layers | Liar, Liar
Miss Bates of Emma: A Liar, Liar Case Study
Continuing in the Cooperative Principle and how to break it, we turn our attention to a literary example of rampant unintentional violations: Miss Bates from… Read More »Miss Bates of Emma: A Liar, Liar Case Study
Breaking the Cooperative Principal | Liar, Liar
Although H. P. Grice’s Cooperative Principle provides lovely guidelines for how to accomplish good communication, for writers, its real value lies in breaking it. We… Read More »Breaking the Cooperative Principal | Liar, Liar
The Cooperative Principle | Liar, Liar
In the 1960s and 70s, linguist H. Paul Grice defined the Cooperative Principle to explain dynamics of conversation. Even though his work hinges on real-life… Read More »The Cooperative Principle | Liar, Liar
Excessive Expressive Dialogue Tags | Liar, Liar
Continuing in our series of literary barrier objects, we delve into the boondoggle of excessive, expressive dialogue tags. The Basics A dialogue tag, as its… Read More »Excessive Expressive Dialogue Tags | Liar, Liar
Too Much Information | Liar, Liar
Wordiness is a classic tell for deception. Instinct says that if you have all the information, no one will question your story. Sadly, instinct is… Read More »Too Much Information | Liar, Liar