Comments on: Boo! http://www.comicscareer.com Essential Resources for Comic Book Creators Thu, 13 May 2010 11:13:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paul Kupperberg http://www.comicscareer.com/?page_id=952&cpage=1#comment-155 Paul Kupperberg Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:04:48 +0000 http://www.comicscareer.com/?page_id=952#comment-155 Crap! EVERY time I try using math, I get into trouble. No one is arguing, Steve, that the execution is more important than the idea. You can come up with an idea for a story about some old guy going fishing, but unless you can turn that into THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (or something like it), it's just a dull idea about some old guy going fishing. Crap! EVERY time I try using math, I get into trouble.

No one is arguing, Steve, that the execution is more important than the idea. You can come up with an idea for a story about some old guy going fishing, but unless you can turn that into THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (or something like it), it’s just a dull idea about some old guy going fishing.

]]> By: StevenGrant http://www.comicscareer.com/?page_id=952&cpage=1#comment-154 StevenGrant Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:59:01 +0000 http://www.comicscareer.com/?page_id=952#comment-154 Technically, Paul, if Sturgeon's "law" is right, the odds of having a non-crap idea are 10 in 100, not 1 in 100, and significantly better than a chimp would know what to do with. But that's more key than even getting ideas - knowing what to do with them. "Ideas" are much more overrated than most people think. Not that one shouldn't try to come up with the best idea possible, but the best idea in the world won't overcome crap development, while terrific development can make even a crap idea sound fresh and interesting. If you're lucky, and not facing a well-exposed audience. Technically, Paul, if Sturgeon’s “law” is right, the odds of having a non-crap idea are 10 in 100, not 1 in 100, and significantly better than a chimp would know what to do with. But that’s more key than even getting ideas – knowing what to do with them. “Ideas” are much more overrated than most people think. Not that one shouldn’t try to come up with the best idea possible, but the best idea in the world won’t overcome crap development, while terrific development can make even a crap idea sound fresh and interesting. If you’re lucky, and not facing a well-exposed audience.

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