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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo: “FYC: High School Musical” by agentny003. (2024)

Can you hear the comics Sing? Singing the songs of Musicals—it is a project run by community members that is so jovial. Nine-hundred-thirty-six-thousand-forty-seven comics uploaded to The Duck’s official database. Who am I? Three-Six-Nine-Four-Seven!

Welcome to the 16th Annual Drunk ...

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Thirst trap is the topic of today's Quackcast! What is a thirst trap? It's basically someone presenting themselves as very sexy in order to get attention for some sort of reason, rather than just happening ...