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This also plagues local sci-fi fandom. I always hear about the cool new idea that person is never going to finish or even start. The thing is the person got th
by lurkinggrue 17y ago
This also plagues local sci-fi fandom. I always hear about the cool new idea that person is never going to finish or even start.
The thing is the person got the some attention and endorphine rush from said attention.
Why go though the actual work?
- 10ren 17y agoIn Bob Shaw's book on science fiction writing, he said that when he has told the gist of a story to someone, it releases some of the need to tell the story, and so it's less likely to get written. Therefore, when he's bouncing ideas off someone, and he gets a really good idea, he won't say anything about it, in order to conserve its energy, so it can be channeled into the actual writing.