Nice article and kinda funny, too. Not about the gremlin, though. I have one of those, too, big time:)!

How did I miss this gem? You are so right!

This is so timely. I tend not to work from outlines. I sometimes sketch out what I think is going to happen, but more than once a story has gone in a direction I didn't expect. Character sketches do me more good than outlines. I think it is a brain...