The Reason You Wait Twenty-Four Hours . . .

The big rule of reading a critique is “Don’t respond for twenty-four hours.” Longer is even better. Here’s why:

CRITICISM (paraprhased):

Why doesn’t the Devil just bash him/torture him/force him to be a partner?

IMMEDIATE REACTION:

1. Because heroes who torture to get their own way aren’t likable. (The Dick Cheney Rule.)

2. Because humans have free will. (The Paradise Lost Rule; Adam and Eve get tempted, not force fed.)

3. Because a character who is omnipotent flattens story. (The Kryptonite Rule.)

4. Because that goes against everything that’s in the personality of this Devil.

OBVIOUSLY.

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER

Oh, hell, I didn’t put any of that on the page.

In other news, the in-progress photo of the office is finally up. Still many days of work to go, but better, definitely better.

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