Kurt Vonnegut’s rules:
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of [...]
In response to yesterdays post, Debi Alper brought to my attention the fact that Dan Brown has sold a lot more books than the rest of us put together:
I’m not sure if this should make us despair or not, but I do think we have to be aware of what people out there want . [...]

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