You must have your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed.
Better to cry wolf over and over than never to cry wolf at all.
Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If you're sleepy, go to bed and save the next chapter for tomorrow. For the magician's story, you must have all your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed.
Not all novelists are power-hungry madman. Some are power-hungry madwomen.
Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.
Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts of things they later regret-like, oh, throwing a book at someone else.