Nick Has His Marching Orders: Don't Frontload Backstory

In this episode, Nick’s chapter receives high marks for its "disturbing" suspense and effective interiority, though Celeste highlights a critical need for more strategic backstory management. Celeste also cautions Nick against being too creative with word choices that disrupt narrative flow or create confusion for the reader and provides actionable feedback focused on cleaning up "gaps in the language," improving the logical "blocking" of character movements, and ensuring specific attributions are used in dialogue to keep the reader grounded.