If you don't have the story and the unfolding of the trajectory of the saga, it's like getting in a car and not having any gas.

If you don't have the story and the unfolding of the trajectory of the saga, it's like getting in a car and not having any gas.

Usually, when I read something, I'm looking for the story first. And then, when I re-read it, I check every part of it to see whether every scene is necessary. You imagine yourself watching the movie, to see whether or not you're losing the through-line of the story.

You're following your track, the story, your only plan, your map for the audience, and all the other stuff is, like, the fun stuff: the costumes, the locations, the set-dressing and the actors. They can all be variable as you like if you stick - however roughly - to the path.

Free time keeps me going.

I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend.