A good character arc is handled with the same deference as nitroglycerine. On paper it’s a simple combination of basic ingredients but in a writer’s unsteady hand they can destroy everything around them. Hopefully you have a plan or sufficient experience to execute a character arc combined with a great deal of effort to craft … Continue reading Writing Characters After a Character Arc
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Numbed Apathy for the Red Sparrow Trilogy
I’ve been plugging my way through the Red Sparrow trilogy by Jason Mathews and now I’m at the last book — boy is that apparent. It reads like a last book. Like he’s run out of ways to convey his story. And before I start trashing another author from my glass house, my tiny, poorly … Continue reading Numbed Apathy for the Red Sparrow Trilogy
Colin Klawans 