In this episode, we turn up the volume on the person who simply cannot find the "off" switch. We explore the "garrulous" soul and why, for a storyteller, this chatter is often a mask for something much deeper.
In this episode, we discuss:
The Chatter of the Crow: Tracing the word back to the Latin garrire and its ancient connection to the incessant, noisy calling of birds.
The Texture of Triviality: Why garrulousness feels like a clock that ticks without telling the time, often serving as a desperate reach for connection or a way to avoid the weight of silence.
The Art of the Bore: How to use rambling characters for comic relief or weaponized distraction without falling into the "writer's trap" of making your own prose pointlessly wordy.
When does the chatter in your story need to flow to reveal a character's flaws, and when is it time to cut through the noise to find the melody?
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