The Narrator │ The Mechanics of Fiction Writing: Full Course (Part 2 of 6)
Channel: Mechanics of Fiction
Date: 2024-03-25

Develop a bulletproof framework for understanding the narrator. Learn how the narrator's posture in relation to the story affects the narrator's attributes and functions, and how these characteristics shape the story each narrator tells.

Part 2 of 6 -- This is the same content contained in the individual lessons and playlists, which I'm compiling here for the sake of convenience. Timestamps:

PART II: The Narrator

15. The Narrator: A Primer 00:00
16. Character vs. Non-Character Narrators     12:08 
17. The Unreliable Narrator     28:53
18. Narrative Distance     40:41 
19. Time of Narration     01:02:35 
20. The Narratee, and Other Loose Ends     01:20:44 
21. Viewpoint: Who Sees? 01:43:48
22. Representations of Speech and Thought     02:07:41 
23. Don’t Do That     02:32:52
24. Realism in Dialogue     02:45:12
25. Who Are You: Unconventional Narrative Postures      03:01:14

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