I have years of technical writing experience as a software developer, but no fiction writing experience. As a new fiction writer, I am on a large learning curve – story structure, scene structure, plot development, character arc development, how to write dialog, etc. Not to mention establishing the writing habits needed to complete a long project. Most of my technical writing tasks would only take part of a day. Writing a fiction story will take months (years?). John was patient and understanding about my place in this journey. He helped me see and understand the parts of the whole and gave me a great start on putting it all together.