Birthdays: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), John Toland (1912), Breece Dexter Pancake (1952), Julia Kepes (1918), Brian Herbert, Charlotte Bingham, Quintin Jardine

Tip: Try not to give your reader “ping-pong” dialogue. Break up long passages of dialogue with actions.

Thought for the day: “Schedule fun time. Writers who say they’ve experienced burnout, in hindsight, often admit they didn’t take time for themselves.” – Judith French

Jumpstart: List ten things that annoy you. Pick two and write about them. Why do they annoy you? What can you do about them?