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Time loops in stories are a lot of fun, they can be really complicated and interesting. Groundhog day is the most famous version of this trope. Banes ...
QUACKCAST 529 - Time loops!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 4, 2021Writing Tools
damehelsing at 12:00AM, May 2, 2021
Everyone has a different way of jotting down ideas, writing out their stories and planning their comic pages. (even if it may be on the walls too…)
When I was working on Scarred Eden (rip my baby project that’s on a reboot loop) I had a document of timelines ...
When I Come Around
Banes at 12:00AM, April 29, 2021
The other week i finally watched the movie Palm Springs - I think I'd heard some good reviews, and had a vague notion that it was sort of a romantic comedy with a time loop twist. I absolutely flipped out over it and watched it again the next day, and ...
Creating good dialogue
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 23, 2021
Creating believable and engaging dialogue is key when creating a story. It’s not only used to convey important plot information, but also emotions, motivations and rapport amongst the cast.
Dialog can be an effective way to convey information or raise conflict that maintains the momentum of the comic. The ...
Stuff Wot I Had Not Considered
Banes at 12:00AM, April 15, 2021
I saw a smaller youtuber talking about movies and she mentioned her belief that “Hollywood movies” - like, normal movies I guess she meant - are destructive to our psyche. ‘Our’ referring to we the viewing audience and society at large. She didn't elaborate in the video I saw; I'm ...
QUACKCAST 526 - A return to Mary Sue!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 13, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Mary Sues are always a fun topic!
There are some misconceptions about them though… Mary Sues aren't all female, they can be any gender. Being super ...
Horror is in the Eye of the... Beholder?
damehelsing at 12:00AM, April 11, 2021
See what I did there? It’s an image of a Beholder… which normally has one giant eye right in the center of their face/body and the article is titled HORROR (the Beholder is scary looking) is in the EYE of the BEHOLDER? Yeah? No? Ok…
Seriously tho,
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Building the stakes
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 2, 2021
Not long ago, I wrote about utilising cliffhangers. This week it’s all about them stakes. When it comes to creating a comic, it is important to give a reason for the reader to care about it. Stakes are a pivotal part of that. Cutscene University explains what stakes are ...
LITE BITES has returned!
Banes at 12:00AM, April 1, 2021
Our friend Genejoke has brought back his community comic “Lite Bites”.
What say you, Genejoke?
'ello, Genejoke here. You might have noticed that over the last couple of weeks I've been posting daily updates of a comic called Lite bites.
Hands up if you remember Lite Bites?
Okay that ...