A good story is something with an interesting premise that builds logically to a satisfying and surprising conclusion. We get fed them in the cradle and forever on. Want to read a good story? Pick up The Little Engine That Could. Soppy and primitive, sure, but today just by chance I read it again and let me tell you, you are rooting with all your heart for that crummy two-bit nothing of a train to get those toys over the mountain. That’s all it is, this business of writing. Just get the fucking toys over the mountain.
