“Help.”
He clarifies with a rough throw of his voice. “A request for help. Why else would you speak to me?”
It’s an honest, if not somewhat rude, question. Why engage with him like this if not to try and acquire his aid?
“Fair. I guess I just wanted to hear what ideas you had.“ Back to the original goal of getting some outside advice on making some changes.
“I mean – also cause I wanted to. But that’s beside the point. I’d like to know what suggestions you had for someone trying to change up things about their writing.“