I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me
When in doubt, shut up.
But I found my family. I found the right thing to do. I found the way home.
Guys with nice person names try to be sympathetic.
Lying on the front passenger seat, as if it didn't matter, was Rose's Diary. It Mattered.
If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.