Cogitating

[kilroy]

I'm dancing around formulating a Rule of Drama for my friend's novel. Something along the lines of "Hey authors, we don't like it when the main characters are spineless whitebread morons," but more elegant.

ETA: Also, this author desperately needs a shot of "show, don't tell," or possibly Gaiman's classic "Never apologise, never explain." Also, every single instance of "would" or "should" should be stricken from the book.