Two questions form the foundation of all novels: ‘What if?’ and ‘What next?’ (A third question, ‘What now?’, is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it’s more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if ‘X’ happened? That’s how you start.
Tom Clancy Quotes (Author of The Hunt for Red October). (2020). Retrieved 13 April 2020, from https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3892.Tom_Clancy
