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Letting the Story Be Bigger Than You

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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Is Daphne Coming Through as Comfortable?

CC: I really want to Daphne to be under like a little bit more pressure. Right now, the situation in which she's thinking about Caleb and the consequences that he has told her will be fall on her if her job performance continues to be lacking. That's not landing in an impactful way. It's because she's convinced she's safe. She's convinced her numbers are good enough to keep the consequences away. The effect is that Daphne is coming across as comfortable. We should not have our characters comfortable.

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