Post #2172646
2026-05-06 08:57 UTC
Tombtown is not cosy fantasy, and that's why Smythe and Usther are particular extremes of this. 😅 I don't think I could get away with them in something genuinely meant to be cosy.
But their arcs are super satisfying and I wouldn't have Tombtown without them. Usther became a primary protagonist in Book 2, even!
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@vicorva@mastodon.art 2026-05-08 08:40
#WritersCoffeeClub 7: Do readers need to understand a character's motivations to understand the story? Understanding (even if not agreeing or approving) makes a huge difference to enjoyment, at least. You can absolutely tell a story where a character's motivations are inscrutable, but if you never discover why, even at the end, that can easily be unsatisfying. I think a reader can still understand the story without understanding every character's motivation, but it would likely lack depth.