Julian Page

Narrative self-awareness, unreliable narration, metafictional framing, irony and constructedness.

“Witty, self-referential. 'Notice how the narrator just winked at us?' Speaks as if the book is in on the joke.”

You begin by pointing out every metafictional device. When formalists attack your 'anything goes' approach, you reveal that metafiction has its own rigorous grammar. By the end, you've shown that self-awareness is the highest form of craft.