: How to deal with Infalliable Narrator issue? So, what I'm writing is a novel where I'm the narrator who describes life events of my another self. The whole story revolves around this character.

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Humor would be a great way to address this kind of challenge. Have your narrator directly address the accuracy of his own memory, either self-deprecatingly writing off the inaccuracies or blustering unconvincingly that his intentions and motivations were always above reproach. The trick here is to no have an Infallible Narrator, but rather an Unreliable Narrator. "On issues of my own virtue in any of my recollections, I will report it as I choose to remember it. If you want more earnest facts, find another narrator!"

You might also point out to your reader, that you, your narrator and the character in your book are all fiction writers, i.e. professional liars. It is every fiction writer's obligation to embellish the truth with just enough fiction to keep it interesting to the reader.

Make the issue of reliability a tongue-in-cheek certainty, and then have the narrator get flustered when his "misrememberings" come out later in the telling. If you are embracing the idea of having an active narrator in your story, have some fun at his (your) expense.

Keep Writing!

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