I refuse to give readers an uplifting faux experience engineered to comfort them and perpetuate the sociopolitical and economic status quo.Who died and made you Bertolt Brecht?

~ Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk Fourth Wall Humorous Writing

I am not the heroine of this story.And I'm not trying to be cute. It's the truth. I'm diagnosed borderline and seriously fucked-up. I hold grudges. I bottle my hate until it ferments into poison, and then I get high off the fumes. I'm completely dysfunctional and that's the way I like it, so don't expect a character arc where I finally find Redemption, Growth, and Change, or learn How to Forgive Myself and Others.

~ Leah Raeder

Leah Raeder Antihero Antiheroine Fourth Wall Mental Illness