You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Quote by Len Wein

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I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled...

I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled...

I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the...

I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the...

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the...

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the...

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the...

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the...

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to...

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to...

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7,...

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7,...

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere...

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere...

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've...

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've...

In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get...

In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get...

People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they...

People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they...

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be...

A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be...

I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I...

I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I...

I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle...

I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle...

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In...

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In...

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his...

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his...

The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters...

The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters...

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my...

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my...

I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.

I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've...

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've...