You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key.
In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored.
The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

