Do you do Q & A? Why yes or why not

[llobucervallince]

So, do you do special episodes whenever people asks about your story just so you can answer?

Have you ever thought about doing it?

Explain your point of view in this situation, meanwhile, if you allow me, I'd like to share mine.

I just made an out of story episode, or intermissions as I call them, to answer the comment of a suscriber, and I just added it to the qeue, to show in three weeks, this is a long time, but it does give me a extra week to work on the main story while giving my readers something to read.

But it is also a smaller, easer to make episode, so it could be considered lazy to do so.

Personally, I rather enjoy making big things of comments and questions, not only to make time, but to make my readers feel seen and valued.

For the record this is the comment, as the intro for the episode

Also here's the comic, post your own under your answer please

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[BoomerZ]

I believe if you have to make an out of storyline explanation, you haven't done your job as a storyteller. Everything should be contained in your story.

[llobucervallince]

interesting, of course, having to explain some key things would mean that you have to develope better narrative skills.
but does this aplies to questions such as: how do their room looks like? what's their favourite food? or, what's their actual height/age/weight? for reference?

[delladz]

For me personally, I just don't think my comic has garnered enough of a fanbase to warrant a QnA? Right now, i think focusing on the story and giving canonical content for people to enjoy and familiarize themselves with is a much more effective use of my time.

Qna's serve better as bonus content rather than replacements for main content, but that's just my opinion? I think as long as you are having fun with it, it doesnt matter if you should or should not do a QnA lol

[llobucervallince]

that is a very valid argument, would you do a compilation answering different comments and questions once you reach a certain amount of these?

[NickRowler]

I would be open to doing a Q&A or AMA for my series but I never have because I haven't had enough followers or active readers to justify one. Most creators tend to do them during sub milestones, because they are pulling from a larger group of people.

If you do it with a reader base that is too small, you might end up with one or two people just demanding a bunch of answers.

It is normal for people to be curious about your series and ask questions. Usually if it is just something minor, I will just reply to their comment.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

I did when I had an IG
However, I lost track and forgot to answer some. I feel bad so I refrained from doing it. Now I also fear there are not many people will participate (I don't like asking serious questions myself)

I am always open to unprompted questions asked to me, though. Whether I would answer me properly or not it's up to me.

[PrettiMidnight]

Eventually, I’d like to. I think it’s a great way to engage with your subscribers and also to build a relationship with them. Plus, there may be questions about yourself that your audience might be curious about and certain questions you might not have thought to answer in your comic/novel or character sheets and those would be a lot of fun to respond to I think.

[Ordinaryaverageguy]

Probably never. I mean, what would I do with questions like "Why did you write that?" or "When are you going to stop wasting your time and delete that?"

[IndigoShirtProd]

I did a QnA when I hit a hundred subs. It was all about the characters and the questions asked were... well, yea, they weren't plot relevant. It was more questions about trivial things regarding the characters; likes, dislikes, how them met, etc. All things that weren't going to show up in the story proper and that wouldn't be spoiler-y, so I had no issue sharing them. Here's the episode if you want to look:

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[darthmongoose]

I've considered doing a fun character FAQ where the characters answer reader questions, but might leave it as an extra for the end of chapter 8. I've always avoided it because it'd be too easy for innocent questions to lead to spoilery outcomes with Errant, just as a consequence of how the story is told, and how character information has been revealed gradually, with a lot of characters not being exactly what they seem at first.

For other things, If people are asking a lot about something, I try to make a note to include that info in the comic itself or in an in-universe extra, like "The Spotter's Guide to Demons" or similar.

[ThunderChicken]

I haven't done a Q&A because my series' are not popular enough to warrant one. Yet. Someday...

Anyway, I think it's unfair to say that a Q&A is unnecessary because any questions should have already been answered in the main story. In the first place, describing every little irrelevant detail in the main story can cause clutter. In the second place, a Q&A gives you the opportunity to engage with your readers and, if you've done it right, those readers have become attached to your story and would like to know more.

For example, a question I see a lot in Q&A's is "What Hogwarts house would your characters be in?"
Other common ones are "What is this character's favourite song?", "What does this character like to eat?", and so on. These might seem like silly questions, but they help readers bond more with your characters.

Obviously if you're writing a horror story and introduce a new character you're not going to say, in your main story, "Robert appeared in the hallway. He had thick black hair, a scar across his right eye, and a menacing smile. Oh, and he's totally a Slytherin. His favourite song is Dance, Dance, Dance by the Steve Miller Band and he loves the onion rings at A&W."

Q&A gives readers a chance to find out details about your characters, your story, and even you that would not otherwise be included in your work.

[llobucervallince]

Great argument and reasoning

[NellieVP318]

I would do one but size of my fanbase isn't large enough to do an Q&A. I would love to do one because they sounded like a fun thing to do.

I'm a big fan of side material as long it's not related to the story.

[powerplantanimations]

Yeh we do Q&A's. Luckily Burd and I have self-inserts that appear in the background of the story. We're portrayed as weirdos who THINK we've created the comic, but really we're just invested in some rando's lives.

I try to stay away from spoilery stuff, but I will say extra details that I'm not even sure if I can get across in my comic. Like the dodgeball being decapitated heads thing. That was just a throwaway fact, but I managed to fit it in the narrative of That Stick Figure Isekai without being random :v

[nathanKmcwilliams]

I did in the past, but going forward probably not. My comics aren't really suited for long term webcomic style set up. My writing style has been shifting towards shorter form graphic novel stories.
I'm not exactly working towards being a webcomics creator any more, it just so happens my comics can be found online.