Hello Stranger

by Katherine Center

I propose we stop using the hopelessly negative word predictable to talk about love stories and start using anticipation. As in: “This love story really created a fantastic feeling of anticipation.”

Love stories don’t have happy endings because their authors didn’t know any better. They have happy endings because those endings let readers access a rare and precious kind of emotional bliss that you can only get from having something that matters to look forward to.