Let’s talk about bad guys.

I’ve done what I said I was going to do.

The wrong task changes the right hero.

Mr. B. with Royce Carol and Joseph Carol

So, like, what is your hero actually doing?

Use beats to move your character through a task.

Use +/- notations for your scenes and chapters.

A woman enters an office building.

The hero changes permanently, forever, and cannot go back.

I am heartened in my pursuit by the advice of screenwriters.

I read books. Lots of books.

These are books worth reading.

These are the books that helped me write novels.

I doodle when I’m not writing.

It’s been a year. How’m I doing?

A story in first person? Like, who are you talking to?

Don’t even think about it.

Pay attention to how you feel about your story.

Every now and then, I write silly, wacky, terrible loglines . . . on purpose.