Loris Martini

All authors are inspired by something someone wrote before them. The first rule for a great novelist is to copy.

Someone once said the devil's dumbest sin is vanity.

Evil is the driving force of a story. We must find a sacrificial victim, preferably someone who's innocent. The leading character must be evasive, everyone should suspect him. In literature people kill for hate, but in real life, the motive is usually money.