When that is done, I write the complete text of the book. The early reviews for The Cold Six Thousand have been critical of your minimalist writing style. My style is NOT minimalistic. It is a rich and concise language of violence that is a direct representation of both the dramatic arc of the story and of the inner and outer lives of the three main characters. I don't care if my books are ever adapted into movies.
Books are more important than movies.
Novelists are greater artists than all filmmakers - most of whom are geeks, freaks, bugeaters, and generally underhung. One cup of coffee. Blast off to work. I write until I get physically exhausted or hungry, then I eat or take a snooze. I write most late afternoons and evenings as well.