If I can get one or two assignments like that each year, that s all I need. I have a lawyer that will submit stuff for me. I had a manager for ten months who was an albatross around my neck. I found out he was lying to me. Forget about theme.
Theme comes with the story.
A lot of things I write I carry around in my head for years. Cheyenne Warrior, I got the idea for that back in the 70s. I didn t write it until 1992. Between the 70s and 80s the Western was dead, but then Lonesome Dove, Dances With Wolves and Unforgiven came along. I have my first act in my head.