From this writer's persective, plot comes first. You HAVE to know what kind of story you're telling. Following characters and HOPING to find a story doesn't work for me, and think it's the wrong approach Like blindly following a trail that you HOPE will lead somewhere.

First you sketch out a BASIC plot, THEN you explore the characters in that plot. Based off that exploration you tweek the plot as the characters begin to shape the plot to how they would do it.

I consider plot to be like clay, and the characters the ones who shape it.

Good ART is what results IF you shape the clay properly. Then your finished mold shows the characters who shapped it.

Shit, what came first: the chicken or the egg? Think I made a good case for that, buddy.

But we're all creatives here. And I'm just a just a guy wearing a jester cap with a monkey doll on my shouder. (Hey! They're in vogue up here in Bonney Lake, WA.) When it comes to forming opinions I'm a lot like Lucy from the Charile Brown cartoon series -- sign's up, the doctor's in!

- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA