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How To Pick Which Bad Ideas Are Worth Writing About

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“I usually dream up a dozen or so profoundly stupid ‘high concepts’ for stories every day.

“When one is so bad that I can’t seem to shake it after a few weeks, it usually means I have no choice but to write about it, often because that lame high concept is a way for me to explore something that makes me confused or furious about the world.” — Brian K. Vaughan, writer for Lost and creator of Y The Last Man, interviewed in Esquire.

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