Seeking writing advice?? · 1:54pm Dec 29th, 2019
Sort of looking for some writing advice. I want to have scenes in a fic that involve being ambiguous if they are happening entirely in the main character's head, or if they are real. I'm not quite sure I can pull them off, so does anyone have any advice on how to effectively write these kinds of scenes so they aren't unnecessarily just straight up confusing and awkwardly done?
The idea is the main character has a bad case of amnesia and as her memory returns, she can't tell if the memories are real or false memories she came up with to justify situations to herself, if that makes sense 
There is also a bit of an Inside Out kind of thing happening, but I might be able to get that down by myself, so I'm more worried about pulling off the real/fake memory angle
one possibility is to maybe have the delusions make less sense
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Ooo that could work, thank you
Another thing to try is to make sure that there is a distinction between the main character's version of events and what may actually be happening. A great example of this is the new Joker movie that came out recently, however in books, it is usually a change in perspective that helps to seal the deal. (Ex. The main character's perspective vs another character's perspective, etc.)
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Thank you! I hadn't thought of that!