Writing good romance is hard- it has so many pitfalls to avoid, so many tropes to grapple with and principles to keep in mind, that experience is necessary.
Writing actual platonic friendships between a male and female character is even harder.
The basic reason why it is harder is because ...
Platonic Friendship (Part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 2, 2019Look at all this progress!
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 15, 2019Prepare for a long ass post cause we're here to celebrate all the progress our community of artists have made in 10 years! A couple of weeks back I wrote about the 10 year art challenge, asking for peeps to show off their progress from 2009 and then 2019 ...
Used Books and Righteous Comic Have Milestones!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 21, 2019
MILESTONES
Used Books by usedbooks
usedbooks would like to announce a milestone!
Used Books will be posting its 1400th page today. :)
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/used_books/
RIGHTEOUS by righteouscomic
Righteous Comic has reached its 250th page today!
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/RIGHTEOUS/
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What's Quacking?
Do you have any original ...
Writing Mental Illness (Part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 12, 2019
Writing a character with mental illness can be a very tricky thing. Writers usually go for the extremely rare, exotic and spectacular: multiple personality disorders, extreme manifestations of psychopathy or sociopathy, high functioning autism with that ever alluring ‘savant’ magic going for the character, bombastically spectacular schizophrenia… in many ways ...
Quackast 400 - Pros&cons of webcomic creation!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 13, 2018
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In this Quackcast DD members tell us about their history with us as well as the pros and cons of webcomicing.
This is the ...
The good and the bad of being a webcomic creator
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 9, 2018
Quackcast episode 400 is on the horizon and to help celebrate this awesome triple digit of a number, Oz and Banes want to know about your experience of being a webcomic creator and what the DD community means to you! So head on over to check it out!
I found ...
Getting The Size Just Right
Amelius at 10:28AM, Nov. 4, 2018
(With apologies to the late Mr. Jones for use of his three bears!)
Presentation is very important when you're sharing your comic with the world on the digital medium. There's so much potential for distraction, so you need to make sure that what you are presenting to your ...
Making Bad Guys Intimidating
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 4, 2018
Every hero goes up against a villain. Every protagonist against an antagonist. This is the main clash that drives your story, any story, forward be it slice of life or epic drama.
One of the elements that can make this driving force compelling, that will make the clash interesting and ...
Quackcast 381 - site upgrades and messing with creators
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 3, 2018 LISTEN!
We talk about all the new upgrades that DD has just gotten: the new comment notification and reply features (a huge thank you to all who donated and helped out with that!!!), our new notification icons, getting HTTPS on the site, moving to the new ad system after the ...
This Week's Twitter Feature is Used Books!
Tantz_Aerine at 2:58PM, July 1, 2018
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