A Lesson From Ren & Stimpy, Kenny Rogers & The Muppets

I love writing. I get to meet all sorts of great characters and see all sorts of new worlds where there is adventure, excitement, drama, melodrama, angst, biting wit, painful tenderness, and one or two surprises I never expected to come out of my brain. I'll confess: it's a rush. Writing all the way through to those magic words "The End" is the journey I'm most familiar with; writing with an audience in mind, especially one with deadlines and money, is something entirely new. It's a game-chan...