American - Cartoonist | June 12, 1948 - September 10, 2017
I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.
Len Wein
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In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.
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In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.
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Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.
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People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.
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The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?
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These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.
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Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.
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Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could.
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What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.
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When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.
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When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.
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