Cass loves these people, even the assholes, and in doing so invites you to love them as well.Īlso, confirmation that green for is science, not yellow, which is maybe the most important reason to join. Her world feels lived in and is easy to connect to because it is populated with people that are realistically and thoughtfully constructed and rendered tonally with open and genuine affection and tenderness. It was with her Patreon release of her Those Who Wait annotations that this really clicked for me.

Cass’ is a master of tone and character building.

However, especially in romance, the most important pieces of world building are tone and people. So much of world building in fiction is focused on place, political structure, and concept. Have you ever wondered what Brooke and Taylor ’s first kiss was like? The one when they were in their early twenties that Brooke is so endlessly humiliated by? I don’t have to wonder, I know, because I am a member of Cass’ Patreon.Ĭass is a uniquely talented world builder, and she does it in a way that is not talked about enough. If you think you love Charlotte now, wow are you in for a treat of how much further you have to fall. Speaking of alternate universes, Cass is releasing a serialized Those Who Wait AU that imagines what would have happened if Charlotte never made her grand gesture and it is everything. There are fancasts of her novels (past and future), head canons for things like how characters feels about Valentine’s Day, and alternate universes.

Cass’ Patreon feels like nothing so much as it feels like Tumblr in its glory days. It also uniquely sets you up to run an exceptional Pateron. Growing up in the mean streets of AO3, Wattpad, and just gives you something special, especially as a genre writer. It is quickly becoming my favorite trait in a writer. Cass cut her authorial teeth writing fan fiction.

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