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I'll have to try Inspector Morse.  I got hooked on Foyle's War a while back and watched them all. 
Mike

Congrats to Mswriter for a great idea well penned.
Mike

I feel sorry for those who cannot enjoy having their emotions moved by words, music, beauty etc.  To say it's crazy to be moved to tears by words is akin to saying that because the beauty of my great grandchildren can bring me to tears I am somehow deranged.  To command the art of wordsmithing to the degree that it makes one laugh or cry, is the reason people have spent their lives in poetry and prose. Simply to elicit a feeling from the partaker is the essence of why I write.  Am I also deranged when I make myself laugh with my writing because I do that often. Emotion or lack of it is the essence of life itself.  Hide it, suppress it, don't allow it to be shown, and you are the loser.  Lord, please let me write books that make people feel something and I will be forever grateful.  If I cry at my own writing, I'll pay for the kleenex.  Now back to your regular programming.
Mike

I can represent the other side of being organized.  My disclaimer is, this worked for me, but I in no way think it is best.  I wrote Hunter completely from my head with no outline and many of the scenes just came to me as I wrote.  Having said that, nobody but reviewers have read it yet, so who knows how that worked.  It can be done a lot of different ways as in most parts of writing.  The one that works is the one to use.  I may use an outline on the next book to see if it works. 
Mike

I agree with vern.  My granddaughter asked the other day, is your main character the guy you always wanted to be?  Made me think.  Yeah, he sorta is, but then he's partly guys I knew.  Let your mind run and write what the story says to write.  You'll be a lot happier with it in the end.  If you ain't happy with it, the readers won't be either.
Mike

These lyrics came to mind when you asked the question.  It applies to writing as well I think. If you can grip their heart with what you write, you have found the key.  I know if it makes me want to cry, it will touch others as well.  I also love it when I can make myself burst out laughing by something I wrote. 
Mike

"Drifter can ya make folks cry when you play and sing? Have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues? Can you bend them, guitar strings?"   The Ride, David Allan Coe

Congratulations.  Hope it's a block buster.
Mike

Thank you, Thank you.  What a softball, asking a Texan to write about his truck. I'll be posting a new prompt, we need other participants, folks.  Join in it's fun.
Mike

Got it from Kindle lending library.  Thanks John.
Mike

You guys are making my head swell.  Just proves that blind hogs find an acorn now and then.   Mike