But first (all writers should ask themselves) why in the hell would you need or even want an "ex-prosecutor" to give you advice about storytelling, which has become all the rage this past decade?

Answer:

You don't and you wouldn't.

This is more clickbate shit. And I write this not to be cruel to the author of this article, whom I don't know and don't read, but because I believe in the art of literature, and it pains me profoundly to see it daily so debased.