Dear Mr.Stroud
I was in a film and animation class and we where talking about how Americans prefer closed endings, where everything is tied up in the end, as apposed to Europeans liking open endings? What do you prefer out of the two?
We where also talking about how there was an argument over what one is better to have, a good plot or good characters (although its nice to have both), what are your options on that?

Also, how to you keep motivated when your writing a book? Do you set deadlines? What prevents you from burn out?