Hello everyone!
It’s Sunday again and I once again feel like talking about writing, particularly the art of naming things and the wordplay that may be used to do so. Me, I’m an obsessive player of words. When I name a certain element or group or a single ...
The use of descriptive names. Playing with words.
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 23, 2024When Things Happen
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 22, 2024
I was going to do a Character Deep Dive yesterday, for you to read today. However it wasn't meant to be, because while I was making my analysis, my house alarm went off because some decided to try to break in. So enthusiastically that my shutters were shattered and ...
Panel By Panel: How Do You Script?
hpkomic at 8:53PM, June 21, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. As we established last time, this week I wanted to mix things up yet again by asking for examples of how you script your comics: namely panel directions.
If you can share your ...
You Can't Get What You Want til You Know What You Want
Banes at 12:00AM, June 20, 2024
Characters want something - this is a basic building block of storytelling. Identifying what a main character wants is a big step in defining that character. Figure out how they go about trying to get it - that's the beginning of a story. Figure out what's stopping them from getting ...
Quackcast 692 - Benevolent racism and other isms!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 18, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Benevolent racism, sexism, ableism, and whatever other “isim” is an interesting aspect of those otherwise negative things. It's not as obvious in its negativity, it's well-meaning and yet quite misguided. So what is it? The ...
Do written fics and illustrated art go together?
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 16, 2024
Hey all!
Been posting the first chapter of my serial story – Endbargo – on AO3 recently. Here’s the link for anyone interested in reading.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56654398/chapters/144012661
I also recently brought up this topic on a facebook group I’m in about fanfiction writing, where I ...
Are We The Baddies?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 15, 2024
Last time I wrote about villains making amends, after they decide to change their ways, flip sides, or generally become support to the protagonist, rather than the antagonist.
But for them to get there, there has to first come the realization that they are the villain of their story. And ...
Where we Start
Banes at 12:00AM, June 13, 2024
I've started a few webcomics at this point, and all of them are ongoing…well, at least in theory.
There's always the question of where to start. What's page one gonna be?
With my first comic, Typical Strange, I LABORED over that decision for years.
Kind of ...