![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, a solid landing doesn’t make it memorable. Sticking the ending can be just as important and I know it has rescued more than a few reading experiences. Of course the idea of a confession and an possible execution doesn’t hurt either. Franny Billingsley does when she opens Chime with: “I’ve confessed to everything and I’d like to be hanged.” The resignation, the casual disregard, the impropriety and all in the use of contractions/the informal in that line and it sets the tone. One of the first lessons of storytelling is minding your entrance and many heed this well enough. ![]() How’s a girl to keep her masks and secrets with both a Boggy Mun and a charming boy determined to interfere? While Briony’s life had begun to disintegrate into madness much earlier, she’d become resigned to her new normal until the swamp cough and a certain young Mister Eldric Clayborne came to Swampsea. They cannot hang an Old One without a trial, and we can’t have a confession without the story behind it. ![]()
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