A narrative theme is, in essence, the meaning behind your story. It also serves to tell your audience what your story is about. Establishing it’s core early on enables you to keep it grounded and focused as you begin to unfold your characters and plots.
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What's in a theme
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 6, 2018Points of view - part two - Unreliable
Banes at 12:00AM, March 8, 2018
Last week we talked a little pov basics.
This time, how about we talk the fascinating device called the Unreliable Narrator. For anyone who doesn't know, this type of narration (usually first person in prose, but not necessarily) tells the story in question…but is not necessarily giving an ...
Good Starts: Beginnings, again.
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2017
Welcome back, gang! Er, can I call y'all “gang”? Is that too informal or too assumptive about your willingness for complicity in my extra curricular activities? Eh, too bad. Once you're in the gang, there's only one way out. Now, while you're letting that sink in ...
Why do my characters all speak the same way? (Guest Post by Gunwallace)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 15, 2016
Rather than write about something I'm good at I thought I write about something I'm struggling with, and my attempts to resolve it. Writing characters with distinct voices.
Comics are usually conversations between characters. Speech bubbles are the preferred way to tell comic stories, as opposed to large ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Hello, Albertosaurus
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 17, 2014
Canada. Coca-Cola. Dinosaurs. Family road trip. Poutine.
Hello, Albertosaurus is a combination of all things great and awesome. It is based in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, in a world very similar, yet very different from our own. Our green-haired narrator and narrator's sister, Jepi, are prepared to set forth ...
QUACKCAST Episode 112 - Live play: Operation MOON!
ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 12, 2013 LISTEN!
Summary:
We live up to the promise of two Quackcasts ago: We have a LIVE play for your listening torture! A comic play written by Ozoneocean, full of horrible jokes and starring 5 wonderful duckers all playing their parts to perfection in Operation MOON! It also includes a lot ...
QUACKCAST Episode 72 - comedy soap omnibus two, you're totally looking at my boobs!
ozoneocean at 10:45AM, April 10, 2012LISTEN!
Summary:
A super special epic saga soap special! We have ALL stories ALL the time here with a pseudo-comedy overdose of silliness! Over an hour of stupidity and nonsense held together by the soap character versions of Ironscarf, Macattack Kroatz, Harkovast, “the Narrator”, and two strange teenage “girls” who ...
QUACKCAST Episode 71 - Institutionalised superheros, screenwriting part 4
ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 3, 2012LISTEN!
Summary:
This is the 4th and last of Banes' screenwriting tutorials. We round up here with the final two story genres; “Superhero” and “Institutionalised”, rounded out with some more useful time and tricks on writing in general! This series has been part of the Quackcast screenwriting month, beginning with ...
It's time to vote on the cast of the DD Radio Play 2012!
skoolmunkee at 11:27AM, March 28, 2012
darrell's The Bluenoser has hit 75 pages!
From Sameth,
On March 28th, Dragon Cityturns 900. I will be celebrating with a special comic and one of the main characters is going to die.
And now, news about the DD Radio Play 2012!
It is truly spring-time: The fair ...