Been circling the spread for far too long
When will we ride the wind again
Predicting the march and it’s always wrong
How will we free the flow again
Now unleashed to fill the void with song
Finally, we can begin again


NaaN (Now, always and Never)

So your villain has just made a heel-face turn and is now one of the good guys. Yay!



…not so fast!

The moment where an antagonist turns on their own side and joins that of the protagonists is extremely powerful. But unless it is part of the overall story's ...

Humans can be scary, fascinating, mysterious creatures. Humanity is capable of the most amazing feats of compassion and the most debased acts of cruelty. And not necessarily at opposing ends of the spectrum. The same person can be compassionate in one context and appallingly cruel in another. They may not ...

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How and why does your creativity change over time? It “evolves”.
Evolution is often wrongly thought of as a process that leads to a goal, like the idea that humans are the pinnacle of evolution, or that ...

It's that time of year again, where preparations and the first stages of the Drunk Duck Awards 2024 are already underway!

It's about time, then, that the Red Carpet opens!

As it was the case the past years it's been running, this year too the Red Carpet ...

Photo: “For Your Consideration Poster for Freddy Reno Went Missing”. Drunk Duck Awards 2023. Freddy Reno Went Missing by OrGiveMeDeath_Ind. (May 2023)

Niccea is accepting FYC pages now. Please PQ or email your pages to Niccea. Please keep them rated G. The theme is musical. You can have you character ...

Damaged Heroes


A well written, standard Protagonist will generally have some flaws, starting out as an underdog of some kind, with lessons to learn and improvements to make over the course of the story.

Granted, some heroes are, well, just heroes, who are pretty much who they need to be ...

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What happens when the hero dies? Especially when it's early on in the story… do things fall apart or does someone else take over? Our topic is about a story style where you establish that a ...

Photo: “You Are Invited to the Drunk Duck Awards 2024”. Drunk Duck Awards 2024 by Niccea. (April 2024)

Niccea writes:

“Welcome to the 2024 Drunk Duck Awards, a Drunk Duck satire of the Oscars featuring the creators and comics of The Duck Webcomics. I am your Master of Ceremonies, Niccea ...

There's nothing more shocking than when the hero dies …at the beginning.

Don't worry, Banes isn't dead! I'm just standing in for him this week, he will return! This is only about fictional main characters that didn't get the memo they should reserve their death ...