Is my story idea BIG enough? — What is High Concept?

“Write what you most want to write” is always good advice. But let’s face it. If you want to make money at writing, there are business considerations to— consider.

So let’s talk about High Concept and the Big Book.

But first:

If this is your very first book or script, the most important thing is to find an idea that you can finish:An idea and characters and world that you can fall in love with, enough to keep you writing every day, at least for 15 minutes a day, for nine months or a year.An i...