"I don't write like, well, i've set up the character. I have to make you love that valet in two pages before we kill him," he says. "You know exactly what he fights for. You know exactlywhat he loves and exactly what he wants." The key to me for structural stuff is making sure my characters are good at this they're going to be a good one if someone can't see them. And it's not just about writing - even sport has its own secret weapon: trustin your gut.

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