A friend e-mailed me on Facebook tonight wanting to know how to get the contents of her brain onto paper (or screen) and stay focused on it enough to write something decent. She asked me, I'm sure, because I'm a professional writer and therefore I have all the answers. Ah, but that's not really the case. I struggle with that, too. Sometimes great ideas don't immediately evolve into great stories. It can feel a lot like dumping beef stew through...
