The Likability Trap

If you’ve spent any time studying screenwriting, you’ve probably heard some variation of this advice: “Your protagonist must be likable.” “The audience should want to be them.”That advice made a lot of sense in the era of Ferris Bueller. I still…

Choosing POV

When I wrote my first novel, I barely thought about POV. Honestly, I hadn’t even planned on writing a novel in the first place. “Cecilia: The Last Croilar Tier” started as a ballet story that completely took on a life of its own. Images would po…