Idea's Quality May Not Always Guarantee Success
Novelty Revisions, a blog dedicated to helping writers put their ideas into words, is not the biggest in its niche, nor a fully stocked resource. However, it aims to help writers of all kinds and stages to create something.
The creator of this blog is Meg Dowell, a staff writer with The Cheat Sheet, a freelance editor and writer, and a nine-time NaNoWriMo winner. Novelty Revisions was rebranded in 2015, and its tagline and purpose statement remain "Putting ideas into words."
Good ideas need a person willing to Do The Work, committing to start and promising not to stop until the idea can thrive or be put to rest. Starting to transform an idea into something sustainable is not always enough. Completion of ideas requires more than just having a good idea.
In a recent article, Meg contributes a guest post, highlighting the common roadblocks that hinder the transition from idea to execution. These factors include burnout, fear of failure, lack of resources, siloed thinking, absence of clear innovation strategy, and innovation fatigue.
To ensure ideas follow through into tangible projects, one should cultivate a supportive environment that encourages calculated risk-taking and tolerates failure. Breaking down silos and promoting collaboration across diverse teams enriches ideas and maintains engagement. Developing a clear and structured plan for innovation, including prioritizing ideas with tools like SWOT analysis, idea scoring matrices, or stage-gate models, filters and focuses resources on high-impact concepts.
Creating a detailed action plan that specifies tasks, assigns responsibility, anticipates potential barriers, and defines measurable key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress is crucial. Managing energy and workload to avoid innovation fatigue, which often kills promising ideas despite their merit, is also essential.
Employing these strategies builds a roadmap from ideation through development, ensuring ideas are evaluated, resourced, and driven to completion with accountability and measurable outcomes.
In the ever-evolving world of writing, Novelty Revisions continues to grow over the past few years, providing valuable insights and resources for writers at all stages of their journey. Meg is active on Twitter, posting tweets about writing, food, and nerdy things.
Despite the numerous good ideas for blogs, books, shows, and movies that never turn into tangible things, the blog stands as a testament to the power of doing the work and transforming ideas into reality.
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