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Who's the Most Guilty Person in Your Story? Hero, Victim, and Villain - Part 2

Story Grid Writing Podcast

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The Signal Strength of Randall's Guilt

Capelli: Barnes's blackmail is too quiet and Randall's leaving Barnes to die is too loud in terms of the signal in the text. Watson has made a promise to protect Randall because he came in. So if we want to preserve Watson's judge-like quality, he can't break that promise to Randall. Because that makes him culpable. And this takes it right down to the green level of what's actually happening.

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