February 4th

I've always been one to observe things slowly and think things through.  My mom told me a story one day about me and my brother and how we differed from each other.  If she went on a walk with my older brother Code, she knew that they would get from point A to point B in a relatively quick manner.  Me, on the other hand, she knew it would take much longer.  She said I would stop every two steps to look at something.  Take two steps, pick up a stick, and study it.  Take two steps, get on my belly, and watch an ant cross the sidewalk.  I usually pick up and read something I want to buy three or four times before I finally buy it.  How could I have missed how much preparation goes into a story and how much a 3-act structure benefits the effectiveness of said story?  Maybe, it's because I think things through but they never make it to a pen in hand.