Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A NOVEL QUESTION . . . OR TWO


"Two questions form the foundation of all novels:

What if?
What next?

(A third question, What now?, is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.)

Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if 'X' happened?

That's how you start."

--Tom Clancy