The Amazing Benefits Of "Tag-Team" Co-Writing! (Part 2)

Part 2 of our conversation. If you missed the first, click here to get caught up.

(Larry) So how did you choose to respond back to these clearly well meaning, even if slightly off course concerns?

(David) After a moment, my slightly more serious answer becomes something closer to "Unlike many of the past changes, this one makes sense." The reason this all began, is the same. The mission, remains the same. The methods of humor and daily life connections, is also the same.

(Larry) Exactly, that's really the whole point isn't it, that the over-all final goal and desired objective actually remains pretty much consistently the same. It's only the plotted out path leading to the desired destination that necessitates change.

To stubbornly insist upon driving across a bridge that no longer exists or forcibly enter an "on-ramp" that has since been closed and barricaded, just to "stick to the original plain" would be perceived by most as a sure sign of absolute insanity.

(Larry now carefully climbs majestically up onto his very own, official public proclamation "soap-box," which he always conveniently keeps nearby, in the bottom cupboard, over by the sink, fridge and coffee machine. David wisely pushes his chair back about 7 feet, as Larry has been eating oreo cookies, and does not want to be inadvertently injured in the coming conceptual cacophony)

(Larry Continues) I think that's the really vitally important part of the whole scenario that people either seem to lose track of or simply haven't yet been around in this business long enough to fully get their feet wet, let alone behind their ears, to effectively detect smooth sailing and abundant fishing from storms on the horizon, conflicting rip-tides and the potential for drowning.

When you know precisely where it is that you want to arrive, then confidently set sail and begin the journey. As the tides change, the winds falter and then gale and the occasional storms come and go, you must continuously need to "alter your coarse," to ensure that you safely get to your planned destination, but that is nothing even close to changing your mind about where the ship is going to eventually come into port.

One quickly discovers the ultimate truth that, "not being willing" to alter you tack in order to effectively compensate for the continuously changing conditions that befall you while you are out there making your way across the raging seas, is actually a sure fire way of ending up shipwrecked, crashed on the jagged rocks, with no sign of salvation in sight.

If the Titanic could have altered it's pre-set course when icebergs were first observed directly in the ships predetermined path, it would have ended up successfully pulling into port, precisely where it was hoping to end up, with a bunch of very happy, satisfied and probably "return" customers.

Instead, the inability to change tack in time when danger was discovered directly in the middle of the ships pre-ordained coarse. is exactly what kept them from successfully be able to reach their intended objective, and the outcome was death, destruction and not a single satisfied "return" customer coming back for more.

Altering the original path most certainly does not equal a disregard fr the original plan, it actually serves to ensure that that plan is successfully achieves, safely, securely and with all your passengers and customers fully satisfied and coming back for seconds, thirds, fourth, fifths, etc.
Make sense?

(Larry descends from his lofty perch and smilingly grabs a couple of fresh celery stick with peanut butter, crafily placed there by David in hopes of getting a chance to add his 2 cents worth.)