Literature and Language

Stream of consciousness is writing or saying everything that comes into your head in a continuous stream. Some novels have sections or are written wholly in a stream of consciousness, for example, "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf.

Direct characterization is when the reader is told about how the character is outright in the text. Indirect characterization is when the reader is told of the characters actions, words or thoughts and is left to devise how the character is instead.

Direct characterization tells, whereas indirect characterization shows.

He gets an invitation to a ball.

Katia was going to teach them a lesson they'd never forget.

No way, she thought, this is ridiculous.

There once lived a miserly, miserable old man.

A liar

A child

A character who seems naïve may have a moment of sudden insight.

A reader may not connect with a character who seems dishonest.

Brainstorm, draft, revise, polish

Good writing can come from observations you make about the real world.

the perspective through which a story is told

Narration that tries to imitate the patterns of real thought.

A larger psychic distance usually creates a less inimate tone.

A closer psychic distance can create a more intimate tone.

The writer wants to write from one characters perspective only. Apex

An unreliable narrator makes the reader mistrust what he's learned from that narrator.

A character who shows different sides

Using an unreliable narrator can create excitement and tension.
Writers sometimes use unreliable narrators to make a point or to reach a certain effect in the portrayal of the other characters. For example, Edgar Allen Poe used unreliable narrators in some of his more frightening stories because he wanted to give the audience the same feeling of delirium and confusion felt by the characters.

The sound of cows kicking the barn door

The writer wants the narrator to observe things the character might not.

The writer wants you to realize that the narrator is unreliable, and to take everything they've said with a grain of salt.

a narrator who doees not view similarly like others

Narration That Can enter the thoughts and feelings of any Character