“Storytelling Has Guidelines, Not Hard, Fast Rules.”

I’m sitting here this morning thinking aboutthe story I want to tell in Emerge #3 that will be titled Renaissance. I’ve written the first few scenes, and I’ve thought long and hard about the major things that I hope will happen in the story.

There’s something special about the time before Istart writing a new story. There’s so much hope that it will be the best story I’veever written. That I’veimproved greatly throughout each novel I’vepenned.

Before I sit down to write new stories, I have a...