Quiz: What kind of Narrator are you?

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

How about a quiz?

What kind of narrator are you?

My answer: the epistolary narrator

the story is told through your diaries and letters, meaning everything has a deeply emotional and personal bent to it. you're not always the most objective narrator - and why should you be, it's your diary! - but you're usually truthful and always endearing. much of what the reader knows about the others comes from how you write to and about them, lending you a surprising amount of control over the narrative. whether or not you're entirely fair in your depictions depends on your genre... and what mood you're in that day.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

I'm a biased narrator

close cousin of the unreliable narrator, but less obvious - even to yourself. you're not intentionally lying to your reader, and nothing you say is an outright lie, but it's colored by your own perceptions, and this ain't an omniscient narrator situation. you're emotionally invested in everything that happens, and you have Opinions on everyone you meet, and that bleeds through in how you describe things. you're mostly a good source of information, but your audience may have to read things once or twice more to get the full, unbiased story.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I don't think you're unusual in having Opinions or having your perceptions color things and given that you are (as far as I know!) not a deity (except sometimes I do have the urge to set up a small shrine to you as the patron of concise casefic) so omniscience I don't think is something to realistically aspire to.

Maybe your audience may have to read things [about Ferrets] to get a full, unbiased story [about just how deep your mustelid love runs].