Notes & Commentary: Ep. Four

Expert at his craft . . .

1. Batman approach to storytelling

2. Hooks

   1. What will Nick decide?

   2. Will he save the girl?

   3. How will he save the girl?

   4. How will the girl die?

   5. Why is Nick seeing the timer?

3. Nick in chapters 3 and 4

4. Parts of the chapter

   1. Decision

   2. Lies

   3. Interaction with Celeste

   4. Going deeper

   5. Success or failure?

5. Random notes:

   1. John Milton Quote: Death is Nick’s son and foe

   2. Bouncing between flashbacks . . . why?

   3. Little Cowboy?

   4. Nick saving others . . . easiest chapters to write, and so exciting. Action packed, doing things you wouldn’t normally do

   5. Little ways to show Nick has done this before

   6. Finding just the right amount of “crazy”

   7. I may or may not be as “suave” as Nick

   8. We saw a comparison from the last chapter, but we also see a comparison in this chapter. Nick isn’t quite on his game. Celeste is throwing him off.