The secret to the genre is simple: Every family has its own language, its own customs, its own laws of physics. Your job as a storyteller is to land the reader in that country, make them homesick for a place they’ve never been, and terrify them with a mirror of their own home.
"That’s a nice haircut." Subtext Meaning: "I know you are trying to change your life, and that threatens me, so I will deliver a compliment as a weapon to make you self-conscious." The secret to the genre is simple: Every
To write complex family relationships, you must have the courage to be unflattering to your characters—and to yourself. You must admit that you have been the Renegade, the Gatekeeper, and the Golden Child at different points in your life. You must admit that you have been the