How do I Write? Well on average, I sit down and hope the characters do their job and tell me a story. But if we ignore the lack of discipline in my writing style and my characters, there are a few bits and pieces I've picked up along the way over the last 9 years and 10 novels. How to plot? How to add depth to a character? How to paint a backdrop? So on and so forth? I've come up with little ways around each of these questions. While my tricks may not work for everyone, I hope it will help spur your stories from the mind to pen to the paper to the public's bookshelves. (Or the mind to the computer screen because let's face it, I never write novels long hand)