Okay, so we know that by using our own life experiences and trolling our imaginations we can mix up a heady batch of super fun. But how does one go about developing a “style”? Well, basically, in my humble opinion, one doesn’t! Honestly, I believe a [click to continue...]
From the category archives:
Characters
Okay, the final elements of CHARACTER are PHYSICAL BEINGand HISTORY/PSYCHOLOGY. This can also be referred to asNATURE and NURTURE.
Our bodies can have a profound impact on what we are as [click to continue...]
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Whew! That status thing took a lot of entries!
Okay, next we’ll talk about the PHILOSOPHY and theMORALITY of your characters.
Everyone has a fundamental PHILOSOPHY by which they [click to continue...]
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Now let’s discuss HIGH STATUS and LOW STATUS
A person who is HIGH STATUS, handles themselves well, physically and intellectually. They are capable, smart, incisive, and able to tackle almost anything. [click to continue...]
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Now let’s discuss INTERNAL STATUS.
This is how a character perceives themselves in comparison toothers in society. While other people may consider us from one perspective, we see ourselves from another. [click to continue...]
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STATUS
Status is tricky.
STATUS, technically, is one’s position or rank in society. However, for a writer, [click to continue...]
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Let’s continue breaking down the elements of character.
EMOTION
There are two ways emotion affects character. First, on a fundamental level. I believe most people have a basic emotional“home base”. By that I mean that we all know people who live [click to continue...]
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All right! Let’s get back to the writing workshops.
Now that we are all speaking the same language when it comes to story structure, let’s talk a little about another huge part of the writing process: [click to continue...]
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Here are the final, lettered pages of the Scragg story. When creating this story, I sort of aimed for the mythical idea that this was an early Mad Magazine parody by Harvey Kurtzmanand Wally Wood, of a Conan story drawn by Frank Frazetta, as interpreted by me. [click to continue...]
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Okay, after figuring out the basic beats of my story, I made some loose roughs in my sketchbook. Here they are:
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