tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967549064493559707.post8479339891928100568..comments2023-10-24T16:53:10.709+01:00Comments on Stuart Perry's Displacement Activities: The Eighty:Twenty RuleStuart Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077118568073419361noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6967549064493559707.post-47319600367479591462009-04-21T14:20:00.000+01:002009-04-21T14:20:00.000+01:00It's called the Pareto Principle (http://www.wikip...It's called the Pareto Principle (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle/ ).<br /><br />I totally agree about how it works for writers - though the director thing had not occurred to me (reasons to be fearful, part many).<br /><br />I agree that the 20% who will never like the script are potentially dangerous - and I wonder how many writers have had their creativity crushed by them.<br /><br />Adrian Mead's Power of 3 comes in there, obviously his is an approximation :-) 66:33 but perhaps it should be Power of 5 instead?<br /><br />It's also worth looking up Sturgeon's Law: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law<br /><br />For programmers it's different and expressed as "When a programmer says the project is 90% done, there's only the other 90% to go."Adaddinsanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577587188266580561noreply@blogger.com