My first response to the title, even before I clicked on the link was that it was probably going to be a restatement of the amateur SF writer's error of trying

My first response to the title, even before I clicked on the link was that it was probably going to be a restatement of the amateur SF writer's error of trying to dole out ideas in their stories. Ideas are plentiful, trying to not put them in stories, apparently because they believe there should be only one or a few ideas per story is one reason most amateurs have a hard time writing good science fiction. On reading the essay, I realized Sivers had an excellent point, but it was a point about feedback. Presenting one idea at a time makes it easier for readers to give good feedback, and they are therefore more likely to provide it. I wonder if there is any way to combine the two views? To provide more background and context, with the necessarily larger numbers of ideas being presented, while still getting useful feedback from readers. I posted a version of this with links here and to Sivers page on my blog at http://williambswift.blogspot.com/2009/11/many-ideas-or-one-idea-or-both.html http://williambswift.blogspot.com/2009/11/many-ideas-or-one-....