01
Register Is Harder Than Vocabulary
A reader stopped believing my police officer at a line with no wrong words in it, only the wrong address form for a boy he had no reason to respect.
The Reading Room
What the room is reading this week. Long-form work by people who write for a living and people who write to stay sane.
02
Code-Switching Is a Narrative Device
Fifteen language switches in three pages was accurate to how the family actually talks, and it taught my reader that switching means nothing, the opposite of what I needed.
03
Failure Modes Are Characterisation
Loyal, funny, quick to anger describes a person from the outside, like a spec sheet nobody stress tested. Naming exactly how someone breaks, and who notices first, writes the scene for you.