Josh James at 2012-01-26 10:41:59:

love this post ...

Christopher Westfield at 2012-01-26 10:46:30:

Great post. I have writer friends who fall into Group 1 sometimes. Writer Friend, "Hey guess what, I'm working on a new story." Me, "Oh yeah what's it about?" Writer Friend, "Well it's about... [goes through every beat of the story, mostly random ideas that don't string together well]." Me, "So what's it about? I mean can you give me a synopsis in one or two sentences." Writer Friend, "Uh no I haven't thought about it." Me, "..."

pliny the elder at 2012-01-26 11:37:41:

A great article on Kev Levine's blog. It's about outlining, but seems relevant to this discussion: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2012/01/writing-advice-you-might-not-want-to.html

pliny the elder at 2012-01-26 11:38:10:

KEN Levine. sorry.

tracinell at 2012-01-26 11:59:21:

Great post. Reminds me to craft loglines and pitches that are "Clear, Concise, Creative."

Earl at 2012-01-26 14:08:44:

Great post. There is nothing more boring than having someone give you a list of things that happen in their story. All I need are Who, What and Why....

Nick Oleksiw at 2012-01-27 02:47:34:

Three groups of people in Hollywood? I thought for sure they would be Jews, Lakers fans, and the Kardashians.