DICKENS

Games with racquets hitting balls have been going on since the Neolithic times. Ruins in Mesoamerica show signs of ball games played in various cultures thousands of years ago.

Greeks, Romans and Egyptians have played games resembling modern tennis.

Hidden games are played in sandboxes that people don’t even realize exist. Hidden games have a higher return, but they are more long-term and abstract. For example, a hidden game is starting a business in an unsexy industry (i.e., building tunnels with Elon Musk).

For readers to fall in love with a story, they need to care about the character. Lay that foundation using:

• Protagonist Likability (via positive traits, talents, passions, & vulnerability)
• Protagonist Re...