Comic book writer Alan Moore explains the difference between idea and plot in his essay Writing for Comics from 1985. This distinction is not limited to comic books, but covers the whole creative process. Alan writes:
[W]e may as well get the more intangible and abstract element out of the way first before processing to the finer and more precise aspects of the craft. A good starting point would perhaps be the aspect that lies at the very heart of any creative process: the idea.
The idea is what the story is about; not the plot of the story, or the unfolding of events within tha ...
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