How to play with different narrative forms in a novel

Posted on March 14, 2022 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It can be fun, as an author, to play with different narrative forms throughout your novel.

By that, we mean incorporating (real or fictional) newspaper articles, letters, diary entries, audio communications and more.

But as writer Sophie Masson observes, these creative tricks should be used strategically so that they contribute something besides novelty to your work.

Masson also shares her best practices for how to incorporate a variety of narrative forms into a novel, from her experience, in a post for Writer Unboxed.