A Side of Panache

First off, I'd like to clarify some of the points I made in the last couple of chapters.  I've talked a lot about things being "pointless" because they don't relate directly to the plot, and that's not quite what I've meant this entire time.  As a current law student, ambiguity is the worst thing .  So I'll try to explain what I mean a bit better. Basically, things in a story have to have some purpose.  They can further the plot, develop character, or describe the world in a meaningful way, and, failing any of these, just be fun to read .  Things don't have to directly relate to the plot for it to have a point in the story--creating atmosphere, fleshing out characters, and developing an overarching theme or symbolism are all very important parts of a story!    Without these, a story will just read like a bullet-point list of stuff that happens.  And you don't even have to do any of these all the time for something to be good or entertaining...

Last time, nothing happened.  Stuff happens this time, but not a lot of stuff. Chapter 3: The Tiger First off, this chapter is significantly longer than both previous full chapters.  More specifically, it's about twice as long as the first chapter.  Chapters should probably be roughly the same length, but I'm not a huge stickler about that because some chapters have more important plot stuff than others.  And this chapter is certainly more important than all that nonsense with Circus Mario and his band of Irrelevant Extras, since Kelsey finally meets the circus's tiger. Could this be the very same Tiger that was Cursed?  I can't wait to find out!! The chapter opens immediately after the circus ends, with Kelsey complaining (again) about doing the work that she signed up to do.  She puts a happy face on and does the work anyway, which would be interesting setup for character development if this stuff every showed up again in any capacity.  Actually...