(The following perspective piece may be more representative of a deranged mind than of a model that will actual work – attempt to replicate at your own risk)

A while back there was a discussion here on the Duck about what gives us renewed inspiration for our art, about the sorts ...

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After several interesting discussions about Mary Sues, we'd like to talk about characters a little more.
We asked people to let us know their thoughts on what makes a well written character VS a poorly written one. People talked about their favourite and least ...

It is finally Spring in many parts of the world. It is actually Summer in some of the luckier parts and it is still snowing in certain regions (apologies Northeastern United States). Whatever the case, this is the time of year that people like to throw away old stuff and ...

-Art by Gunwallace

I discovered a sketchbook sitting to the left of the counter during my last visit to my favourite tea lounge. The words “Before I Die…” were scrawled across the black cover, so curiosity got the best of me and I thumbed through the pages. Each page had ...

Hilarious image courtesy of Banes! Might have Fonzie introduce all my newsposts from now on.

I only got two submissions for my contest (thanks a bunch, guys :P) so I figured I would just declare both of these awesome participants my winners!**


Submission 1: from KimLuster (click to see larger ...

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Please pull up a chair and lean in close because this week's Feature is incredibly enticing.

Set in a surreal world that is very different (or similar) to the planet we live on, this story examines the adventures of an unpredictable pair of a ...

Pi Day was on Saturday. The Ides of March fell on Sunday. This leaves the mega-GREEN Day to celebrate on Tuesday. That's right, St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow and to honor the holiday this year, I have combed through many fine comics on Drunk Duck that feature ...

The DD forums have been pretty unwieldy for ages now - we have WAY more sub-forums than we need. JustNoPoint made an excellent suggestion to consolidate them into a smaller number of broader forums. We've been discussing the change in this thread without any objections so far, so I went ...

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Around about Valentine's day, HippieVan's mind turned to thoughts of love… and she conceived of a great newspost idea that was very popular with people! Love triangles are very good for generating drama in your writing without having to worry too much about ...

This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.

So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...