Birthdays: Howard Lindsay (1889), Ernst Jünger (1895), Amy Sedaris (1961), Judith Guest (1936), Reed Farrel Coleman (1956)

Tip: What time of day are you at your most creative? Is this when you write? Why or why not? What can you do to make this your writing time?

Thought for the day: “I work very very hard on the first fifty pages of a book. As I don’t outline, I need a strong foundation on which to rest the remainder of the book.” – Reed Coleman

Jumpstart: Your main character is caught outside in a blizzard. What does he do? Where does he find shelter? Or doesn’t he? What happens?