Len Wein
Len Wein
Len Weinis an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men. Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Artist
Date of Birth12 June 1948
CountryUnited States of America
editors vision stories
It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.
lenses stories visceral
What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.
gone stories lenses
Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.
lenses stories way
Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could.
lenses textbooks stories
You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.
lenses stories ifs
If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.
embarrassed wells can-do
Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.
way lenses feels
I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.
character people lenses
People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.
hero law justice
The villain is always more entertaining because he has fewer limitations. The hero is bound by honor, by justice and by the law, sometimes.
jobs writing laughing
When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.
lenses looks titles
Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.
men world lifetime
I consider myself the luckiest man in the world. I have spent a lifetime doing what I love.
character humanity lenses
The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?