Candy and Spinach – Mythcreants

The Best Characters Eat Their Spinach — and Their Candy

This silly-sounding spectrum has a huge impact on how we respond to characters.

The first step to fixing a candied character is recognizing them.

January 14, 2022January 20, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling

What would you say your greatest weakness is?

August 23, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock

We learn that when it says he’s “bad” at evocation, what they mean is that he’s “too good” at it

November 9, 2019July 16, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis

Candy and spinach are important concepts because they describe two critical elements of character likability.

November 10, 2018April 26, 2020 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis

February 18, 2018August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock

These five could've used at least a few bites of cake here and there.

December 3, 2016July 13, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Storytelling

These protagonists needed to lay off the junk once in a while.

December 20, 2014August 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis