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unlikeable narrator mystery writing

Writing the Unlikable Narrator

July 24, 2015 By Lori Rader-Day

Writing the Unlikable Narrator

I’ve seen a lot of chatter over the last couple of years—let’s call them the Gone Girl years—about what it means for a character to be likable or unlikable. Most of the argument is about whether characters have to be likable for the book to be successful and worth reading. Let’s skip that part. We’ve Read More…

Filed Under: Craft Lessons Tagged With: craft, Creative Writing, guest blogger, Lori Rader Day, Mystery, StoryStudio, StoryStudio Chicago, StoryStudio instructors, Unlikeable Characters, Writing

Lori Rader-Day, author of The Black Hour and Little Pretty Things, is a two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee and the recipient of the 2015 Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Lori’s short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Time Out Chicago, Good Housekeeping, and others. She lives in Chicago, where she teaches mystery writing at StoryStudio Chicago and serves as the president of the Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter. Her third novel will be released by Harper Collins William Morrow in spring 2017.

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