Consider this typical fantasy story:
There was once a young handsome man who was good with the sword, excellent with everyone in the village he lived with, and loved and cherished by all. However, he was unhappy because the one girl he fell in love with did not love him ...

A Matter of Perspective
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 16, 2022Webcomic Soundtracks
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 11, 2022
Several hot summers ago, while enrolled in a video production class, the instructor said a movie must be watched at least three times in order to appreciate different aspects of the film.
First watch: Watch the film in its entirety to get the general storyline.
Second watch: Mute the film ...
Fantastic Bestiary 2: The Nixie
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, April 3, 2022
In my first post of the Fantastic Bestiary last week I talked about a mythic specie associated with smokeless fire and wishes. In this second post I’m gonna talk about a mysterious, mythic figure associated with water and music. The Nixie is a shapeshifting water spirit that originated from ...
Fantastic Bestiary 1: The Jinn
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 27, 2022
Well, look! It’s Sunday again! And for this here Sunday, Sunday, Sunday article I thought I’d start this new little series of articles that the awesome Quackcast 575 inspired me to do. I shall call it the Fantastic Bestiary series, which will be a series of articles where ...
When Work Becomes Overwhelming
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 26, 2022
So you may not have noticed but I have missed an update on WM.
I sorely feel that as a loss, because I've been so proud of not breaking my streak of regular updates for three years now.
It was hard telling myself not to pull a double all-nighter ...
Story Four of H18 has Begun; Niccea is Brewing Up Plans for the 2022 Drunk Duck Awards.
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 21, 2022
Photo: Comic #3-31 of H18 by hushicho
hushicho has a message:
Hello!
I just wanted to send you a little news bit: H18 has started its fourth story as of today!
Read H18 on TheDuck: https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/H18/
I hope this is okay to send and I hope ...
The Medium is the Message
Banes at 12:00AM, March 17, 2022
People experience the pace of a story in different ways according to different story mediums.
When I bought some collections of the old newspaper strip “Li'l Abner”, I was interested to see how many strips would have a panel of recap from the story so far. It was funny ...
On Censorship
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 12, 2022
So I'm exhausted today, at the end of a very eventful week and a lot of work piled on work.
Which means I can't discipline my brain to write something more artsy or tropey. Though censorship is a trope, right?
When do we have censorship appear in stories ...
Seeing the Whole Thing At Once
Banes at 12:00AM, March 10, 2022
I like the feature in my art program that allows me to see all the pages in progress at once.
Professional TV and film writers use a bulletin board with index cards to map out their stories - I've tried this a few times and it makes sense to me ...
When You Have to Tone it Down
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 5, 2022
I've talked at times about how, as I make Without Moonlight, I have to constantly make choices on what to include and what not to from …reality.
By that I mean that true, documented (and even photographed) events from the nazi occupation of Athens during WWII are so grotesquely ...