How is writing a novel like (or should be like) the Pinewood Derby?

When my sons were in Cub Scouts, they participated in an annual event called the Pinewood Derby. Work started months before the actual event, a long, painstaking process to create a small car to race down an inclined track. How small? By rule, the starting piece of soft pinewood could be no bigger than 2 ¾” x 7” x 3”—a block Continue Reading