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Point of view, narration & voice · Core

Unreliable narrator

Also called: unreliable voice

ELI5

A narrator whose account cannot be taken as fully accurate or complete.

Used in conversation

“The unreliable narrator needs to land without a long explanation.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Unreliable narrator” in story, structure & screenplay conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Helps describe how a story works on the page and how its dramatic parts fit together.

Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.