User blog comment:BagelBoxd/I need ideas/@comment-28230816-20150107014802

When I create a spin-off, I try to make sure it has a new twist that makes it different from the original series (in this case, SpongeBob). But that twist has to be important. It can't be the exact same as SpongeBob with one minor thing changed, for example SpongeBob in a different town or something. Different town is good, but it can't be just the same town as Bikini Bottom with a different name and a whole boat load of new characters. The twist has to be important to the series, it shouldn't feel like the same thing, just something different.

I've looked at Life Of Gary and I've found the problem. Honestly, your episodes don't have enough substance. Not to say they're bad, but they feel like a summary more than an episode. They're very short and resemble summaries. For example, in "Gary Home Alone" one of the lines is "He tells Gary to hang tight well he is gone.". Ignoring the spelling error, you're not being specific enough. It'd be better if you used quotation marks and showed what exactly SpongeBob said, not the gist of what he said. It helps show what the character's like.