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What defines evil in fiction?
I say the simplest one is bad guys are selfish, good guys are selfless.
That is massively over simplistic but it's a good easy template for basic hero's and villains. Basic ones
I was just doing a quick thought experiment to work ...
Quackcast 304 - eeeeeevil!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 3, 2017Quackcast 303 - Christmascast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 27, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Tantz Aerine
It's Christmas time again… well at least it was two days ago when we recorded he cast. Today's Quackcast is a rambling christmas discussion of various things that take our fancy like the Secret Santa gift thread (linked down bellow), and the amazing ...
Clutter, Minimalism, and Artist's Block
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 26, 2016
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When I went to see Assassin's Creed last week, there was a scene where the main character was sitting in a nearly empty room with a small twin sized bed as its only furnishing. I turned to my sister and said, “I wish my room ...
Happy Holidays from the Great White North!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Dec. 23, 2016I claimed in last week’s newspost that I tend to work best in a nice quiet environment. Well, I’m currently testing whether or not that’s true. As you’re reading this, I’m in the middle of the woods in a lovely cabin with a fireplace and ...
One Dimensional Characters
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 22, 2016
Talking Stock
A good character is a three-dimensional character, right? They have to be relateable. With wants and fears that make sense. And a bit of a history. And a flaw or two to keep them “human”. And a wound to try and overcome. And maybe even a contradiction within ...
Quackcast 302 - the agendacast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 20, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
Today we talk about works of pop-culture that have an obvious political agenda, so obvious that t not only gets in the way of the entertainment but also dictates to the audience without letting them have a chance to come to their own conclusions: forcing you ...
Quackcast 301 - Let it snow!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 13, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
Banes and Pitface live in a parallel world to me where this time of year involves water falling from the sky in the form of fluffy white crystals. When it hits the ground it piles up on top of itself into huge white piles! Freaky, I ...
The Fears We Explore
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 10, 2016
Everyone has their own set of concerns, worries, fears about themselves and their environment, past, present and future. Creators are no different.
So it is only natural that at least some elements of those fears and concerns and worries we have are explored one way or another in the works ...
Quackcast 300 - 3rd DD meetup!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 6, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
We finally did it! We got to 300 Quackcasts! We've been doing these non-stop for SIX years! Wow… That's pretty incredible. We couldn't think of anything clever do do so we had another DD electronic meetup. The 3rd DD meetup on the 3rd ...
Quackcast 299 - Self Insertion of Characters
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 29, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
In Quackcast 299 we expand on an idea from Tantz's Saturday newspost about inserting your personality into your characters when you write them. But not only that, we chat about how a work of fiction by a writer can be like a darkly faceted diamond ...