“Ideas come to you with tattered clothes and runny noses, but if you clean them up and present them to the right people, they’ll get adopted.”
Vernon Grant — Rock Hill, South Carolina artist who designed Snap! Crackle! and Pop! for Kellogg’s.
Just like story ideas … rough drafts need a lot of tough love before they can be published.
I love it. I never hesitated to appropriate an idea and polish it up, and I found giving credit to the original “author” not only warded off charges of plagiarism, but seemed to burnish the idea further.
ralietravels,
It’s especially wondrous when you’re inspired by a seemingly unrelated art form, such as when a song gives you an idea for a story.
I love this, Mike!
Jennie,
I figured most writers would identify with this.
Indeed!
How intriguing.
A nice commercial reflection Mike. Season’s greetings!