Joe Porrazzo

Yes...wow...I haven't thought about that in years. I wrote a short screenplay in college for a writing class. It was called The Unknown Stranger. A kid went missing in a storm and a mine collapsed. It stalled a rescue, but then witnesses saw a ghost-like figure enter the mine and the kid came stumbling out. The class grade was based on the story and how my small group acted it out. It was a mystery, but we got a good laugh then...and even more now.

Well, I still work full-time for the Department of the Air Force. So I have to schedule a few hours a day...either early in the morning or in the evening. I usually think the whole plot through before starting to write. But when I do, I use an outline and I research as I go...but I don't start until I have a beginning and an ending. Unlike most authors, I also like to create the book title up front.