Unreliable Narrators: How to Lie Like a Protagonist
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Unreliable Narrators: How to Lie Like a Protagonist
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In this episode of MindTwist, we dive into one of the most powerful tools in psychological horror and thriller writing: the unreliable narrator. Not the cartoonish liar, but the character whose version of events is emotionally true for them… and dangerously misleading for the reader.
I break down what “unreliable” really means from a writer’s point of view, and share three practical tricks you can start using straight away:
• The Edited Scene – what your narrator “forgets” to mention the first time.
• The Tilted Emotion – when the facts are right, but the feelings are wrong.
• The Broken Clock – using time, tech, or data to quietly argue with your narrator.
Then I read a scene from my novel The Walk, where a simple tunnel inspection goes wrong the moment time and technology stop agreeing with the protagonist. We’ll unpack why that moment works, and how you can use the same principles in your own stories to move the ground under your reader’s feet without shouting “twist” too early.
If you write psychological thrillers or horror and you love messing with your reader’s head, this one’s for you.