Better Call Saul is the prequel series to Breaking Bad. Both shows are incredible, and probably my two favorite shows. The characters in these shows, especially Better Call Saul, have great nuance to them, and most of them have multiple “wants” or “needs” that are in opposition to each other ...

Character Wants - The Next Level
Banes at 12:00AM, June 27, 2024The use of descriptive names. Playing with words.
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 23, 2024
Hello everyone!
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 ...
When Things Happen
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 22, 2024
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 ...
An Itch to Scratch
Banes at 12:00AM, May 9, 2024
I first heard the phrase “an itch to scratch” from the creators/writers of Better Call Saul. When they were expanding and deepening the “Saul” character from Breaking Bad, they needed to change a comedic side character into a fully rounded lead character. And Vince Giligan said that an early ...
Hurt and Comfort
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 13, 2024
There's few moments more dramatic than when the hero gets hurt. The more serious the injury (or illness or poisoning or other type of affliction) the higher the drama.
And from that drama (the hurt) comes the period of treatment, convalescence, and recovery (the comfort). This is a plot ...
Quackcast 682 - Exposition!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 9, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Tantz came up with this week's topic: Exposition! It's because she's well on her way into starting her latest comic, Verdant, and working out ways to introduce the story, the world, characters, culture, magic ...
MK_Wizard’s Psychoborg “Call to Arms Contest” Has Begun
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 4, 2024
Photo: “Sometimes, You See Clearer in the Dark”. Psychoborg created by MK_Wizard. (March 2024)
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/179609/
MK_Wizard writes:
“Hello, friends! I have some big news for you. I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and since we're at Chapter ...
Quackcast 676 - Baby it's cold outside, cultural context
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Oh baby it's cold outside… That's a tricky song, well it's not really but a few years ago the silly pop-culture warriors on Twitter started acting as if the song was all “rapey” with ...