Will Real Artists Ship Their Work?

Walter isaacson has written biographies of some of the creative people in history. How do artists and scientists turn sparks flying around in their heads into something they can share with the world? One of the difficult things, of course, is moving projects forward. There's a big difference between the idea and the execution. And i think it's the same with art, with writing. It takes a long time. A lot of it is drudgery.