I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc. . . I'm like a composer with a symphony in their head: I can hear the music, I just have to figure out how to put it down on paper. But I don't always know where my stories are going when I begin.
I was depressed. I was just depressed. I did not want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler because I knew of the record.