FB: “Sepia to black.” Some readers took me to task for the relatively high odds I gave Shanna yesterday if the JJ she’d gotten the drop on hadn’t been softened up by killing two cops. I dunno, 1 in 4 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We talked about various possibilities, including the “gas leak trap,” to be things that softened JJ up, but as for how he would die, I think we were pretty clear on that as soon as we started taking about it. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So my original version of this scene left off with Lia’s “It could get you in serious trouble one day” and picked up after JJ had met the cops in a shootout: this page was all Flo’s addition. I was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Action stories often have trouble with characters who talk when they should be taking, well, action. “Before I kill you, Mr. Bond, let me tell you my plan.” Sometimes villains talk to their intended prey when they really should be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One thing for writers to watch out for: when you’re finally ready to turn the tables on a villain who’s seemed all but unstoppable, don’t flip the script completely unless the story justifies it…and it usually won’t. JJ is falling […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
