There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it. There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up. There is no idea that a sufficiently-talented writer has made into a good story that can't become annoying in the sequels. The only thing that'll turn a story with a rocketship in it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail. Either way, you're in trouble.
Money flows toward the writer.
Back to the top of the page . Originally posted Wednesday, May 28, 1997. Latest update May 12, 2000. Article copyright 1989 by Lawrence Watt Evans. All rights reserved.