Writers can only tell whether their efforts are successful or not if they have a good idea of what they want to achieve.
You’re thinking, "How can this guy possibly tie a apostate San Francisco badge detective and a Hawaiian bank bum/Naval Intelligence Officer/private investigator into a altercation about angle writing."
I’m sure there is a special sort of imp that haunts writers. Sometimes they love to tease by presenting as many story ideas and themes as possible in one go. Then they stand back and laugh at the chaos that ensues. I’m quite sure they are laughing at me. So, which story am I writing?
What a great thing to have friends to inspire us to write.