Background that’s important for this particular story and background that exists

I think one problem we tend to run into as fans is that we often can’t tell the difference between background that’s important for this particular story and background that exists, but maybe isn’t critical to know right now. That carries over into the writing style as fans turn pro and as writers target the fan audience.

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Crazy ideas aren’t the problem.

Crazy ideas aren’t the problem. Comics have always been about crazy ideas. It all comes down to the execution.

“Get this: a farm boy discovers that his long-lost dad was a space wizard, and he goes to rescue this princess from a space station run by this evil space wizard…and they BLOW UP A PLANET!” When you put it that way, Star Wars doesn’t sound so great, does it?

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