III

Love Lives

There’s always sadness lurking in our love lives—missed opportunities, missed connections, a string of losses. But both memory and anticipation propel us along, sometimes on an exhilarating ride. Tone is my guide to the inner lives of the characters. Tone is the sound of their inner voices, how they express themselves to themselves. Finding the right tone for the story means the characters can come alive. And then, whether they’re sad or happy, we are there with them, and we are more alive ourselves.

—BAM