I bought your book on Amazon based on a referral from another reader (she's now my pre-reader). The book is a bargain, compared to Patterson's $90 online course, and IMHO, much more relevant and consistent with my experience. I appreciated your nugget that the writer discovers the situation and the story develops from there. Patterson advocates an outline before writing - which I have difficulty with. This is my 4th historical novel (two self-published, one lost, Cougar Gulch draft completed) and each one of them started with a fossilized situation. Thanks so much, now I feel better (other than having pissed away $90). It is true that the situation writes the story. I'm so tired of mass produced, formulated, co-authored junk. No longer a Patterson or Cussler fan.