ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR BOOK?

 IS THE JEOPARDY IN YOUR BOOK "NOVEL?"

THE 9;30 TO HELL

A train from Madrid was surrounded by wildfires this Monday morning.

What if the wildfires had been worse?

What if you were a doctor helping an expectant mother give birth at that very moment?

What if you were that expectant mother?

What if a psychopath was on that train, realizing he was soon to die ...

but now he could kill to his twisted desires content?

WHAT IF YOU STARTED YOUR BOOK TOO LATE IN THE STORY?

Timing in stories and in jokes is everything.

Think of the Timing Chain in a car

Timing Chain?

The timing chain is a component of the car engine that synchronizes 

the rotation of the crankshaft and camshaft in the engine's lower and higher portions.

You're the mechanic of your book.

What if you went back in the time of your story?

What if one of your characters finds Time to be only waves to be easily surfed along its endless eddies and undertows?

What mischief could she/he commit?

How would it shape their outlook on life and humans?

ARE EVEN YOUR SIDE CHARACTERS FLESHED OUT OR 
ARE THEY BUT SKETCHES THAT LEAVE LITTLE IMPRESSIONS ON YOUR READERS OR YOUR PROTAGONISTS?

For your book to "LIVE" all your characters must live for your reader.
What made THE BATMAN evocative was that even Gotham became a living character that shaped its citizens. 

David O. Selznick is a side character in my WIP and he was the blueprint for Harvey Weinstein,
leaving greatness and shattered lives in his wake.
But he was far from being unique in Hollywood.
In fact, my studio head, Samuel McCord, was hated by all the others for his refusal to "join the club."

 So? Has this helped you at all?
Let me know?
What I consider Ingrid's and Lucas'Love Theme: