User blog comment:PlantyThePottedPlant/Random Topic Blogging III: Blog Harder/@comment-3395649-20140105223642/@comment-4123215-20140106203832

Just a tip: Don't set out to create a magnum opus. Your magnum opus should be decided by the people who read and enjoy your stories. Just make a good story.

Alfred Hitchcock made a movie in 1934 so good, he wanted to remake it in the 50's with better equipment. He set out to make it his best film, and even considered it his best. Do you know what film that was? The Man who Knew Too Much.

The Man who Knew too Much is considered a great movie, but comparing it to some of his best, Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest, and even the best film of all time according to most critics, Vertigo, The Man who Knew Too Much is not in that league.

So just set out to make a great story.