I know. It sounds crazy. How can I give you “quick tips” for adding depth to your story? How can anything to do with deep themes be quick?

I’m glad you asked, because that brings me to my first tip:

Pick a character who makes a decision based on a certain set of circumstances. Say, for example…

… Caleb, from Fireproof. He makes a decision to do the Love Dare. Because his marriage is failing, and his dad asked him to.

So, the tip is to think opposite. What if he had decided not...