Here is a goal: How to heat coals for a charcoal fire?

How would you accomplish this goal?

Choose your answer from: A. Once you have sufficient embers on your wood, remove the wood with a stick and lay fresh coals against some new wood, light it until they turn and glow red B. Once you have sufficient embers on your wood, chip away at the wood with a stick and lay fresh coals and more wood against the broken embers until they turn and glow red
B.