“If they had just talked to each other for five minutes, it would have save us the last 50 pages of the book!”

This is a direct quote from a recent book club discussion, which began a more in-depth conversation around the commonly used “miscommunication trope” in literature. You know the one, where two characters have a seemingly small miscommunication, which then goes unaddressed and blows up into a much larger issue than is necessary.

Why is clear communication important? Because we are creative beings who are capable of coming up with very interesting stories when we are faced with missing information.