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Leyelle
Sep '24

Before I started releasing "Sun With a Paper Crown" (the sequel to "Damsel in the Red Dress.") and "A Dozen Morning Glories" I plot pointed the entire books chapter by chapter BUT i had not written out every chapter yet. I stocked up a certain amount of chapters in advance and wrote more while i released chapters from my buffer. I would consider the plot points much more than a vague outline since it's basically a play by play of the chapters (when i write my outlines) along with any relevant dialog or lines of description I want to make it into the final version of the chapter.

now for "Crystal Blue" I HAD an outline chapter by chapter, but it was much vaguer, and I ended up diverging from that outline and I just keep diverging. But hey the stories are better this way.

when I first started writing DITRD, i was just winging it with a vague concept of what would come later, but then i started coming up with ideas for future chapters and writing them down, organizing them chronologically, sometimes in pretty good detail, so it was kind of a combination



ArtGremlin
Sep '24

Yup! I have all the dialogue for Recollections written out, as well as doodles of the page concepts for some. One of the biggest benefits of this is that I can improve it as I go. Sometimes I’ll even add in a whole new page in the middle if I think it’s necessary.

kyupol
Sep '24

AngHell dela Blackpill has 10 or 11 chapters written down.

It's definitely gonna get more intense and exciting (in my biased opinion)

llobucervallince
Sep '24

I have planned this volume, 45% of my spin off, 65% of the second volume, 58% of the spin off's second volume and 20% of next, and about a 32% of the main story third volume.
Yeah, I know the direction my comic's going, I'm mostly scared that, given how far away it is, I'll change too much and grow out of my own work, so I'll try to evolve without affecting who the character in my story are.

Emalie
Sep '24

Yes, it's the best thing you can do. It took me a little longer than I thought to publish on Tapas, but it's worth having a buffer or even the entire story written in advance. I speak from experience. :sweat_smile:🥲

XiuLyn_12
Sep '24

I've just figured out the main parts and ending of my current work! Although I haven't thought about some details yet, which I think is pretty common for most authors, haha! :blush:

I'm planning to divide my story into 3 seasons, so I'm focusing on the first one for now! I wrote about 2 or 3 chapter drafts ahead to avoid any sudden need to change the plot. I've found this approach to be pretty helpful, I think!

Good luck with your work, Heidi! :yellow_heart:

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Tubacabra
Oct '24

I just barely started, but I can tell you right now: my mind does far too much wandering for me to write out my plot in any degree of detail. As we speak, I probably have about thirty premises/plotlines bouncing around my head, waiting for me to give them an outlet. Unfortunately, only about ten percent of those make it to my idea list. Seriously, I think of the weirdest things at the weirdest times. Just recently, I had an idea for a company in a sci-fi setting. "Edibles Inc.® Inventor of Prechewed Food and the all new Edible Human!" Disgusting, I know but that's how far my mind goes. :sob::sob::sob:

stiatent
Oct '24

Season 1 it's written chapter to chapter till mid-point, but the rest are on a MIRO board as short notes and concept art ( in mind map form). such a handy online tool :arrow_right:: https://miro.com/

The other seasons are in skeletal form with more attention on the true ending (currently aiming for 4 seasons), just enough to plan characters and foreshadow stuff. Each season is just days apart and season 2-3 the story shifts into a battle royale, just wanted to ensure it feels continuous.

Some future scenes are inspired by artwork and characters I've done in the past also.

Yep exactly it felt like it would become FAR too much work and overwhelming.
Sometimes limitations for my computer to render heavy 3d scenes and effects like fur or new ideas come after building props for the comic. Because of this, its become common for me to change scenes that were previously written and improvising sections can make the process feel fresh at times.
So because of this I don't worry too much to have it completely written.

daeygurart
Oct '24

I do episode by episode. I had to write a new script and outline because I was just pansting my way through and it didn't make sense so now I'm having to redraw everything which is fine because it came out better than expected!

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megumibex
Oct '24

I had a buffer of about 15 chapters (broken into about 30 episodes on here) when I started. Now my buffer has shrunk to about 5 chapters, and when the current arc is concluded I plan to take a break to finish writing arc 2 before I start posting again.

Cheekybee07
Oct '24

I'm usually more of what they call a 'pantster'? I kind of make it up as I go. But I usually have an idea where to start and what characters i want to build and go from there. They tend to have a mind of their own after that :slight_smile:

Here's my latest story. It's kind of like if 'Solo Levling' met 'Stardust' and put a pinch of Egyptian mythology set in modern day Japan :slight_smile:

skidiggy
Oct '24

Ooh, awesome question!

For Apparent Secrets, I have an extensive outline, calendar, and plot beats written in advance to maintain continuity. There are tons of "fixed-firm" events and plot points that need to happen (in order) for the narrative and mysteries to fit together, so having everything plotted in advance is essential. As of right now, it's about 50% written, with more chapters coming after the Action Fantasy Tourney wraps up. :smile_01:

That said, for Of Lowlifes, Lutes, & Liars, I have a rough idea of the events that need to happen in the story, but I allow chapters to form organically as time goes on. Honestly, I treat it like a one-person Dungeons & Dragons homebrew, with a few "fixed-firm" events in mind, but nothing concrete. :eyebrows:

Here are links to both, if you'd like to see what kind of results each method yields: :coffee_love:


Jwebtoons
Oct '24

I know how it ends or some details of how it ends. Like who the final boss is, do the protagonists end up with someone etc. Then I plan my beginning. I have some ideas of events and arcs in between that I see as milestones or checkpoints. I make up the stuff in between those checkpoints as I go along.

Except this last one. Already wrote out the whole story. It was an idea I wrote out as a video game, but I'm rewriting it in a book format to be presented as a novel.

pablo-costa
Oct '24

Kinda, yeah. Part 1 and portions of Finale part (ending as well) are already decided on.
Portions of middle parts are up to change, tbh.
Like I had in mind a larger group going on, but I decided to leave one of them behind to do background stuff.

GumshoeComix
Oct '24

Honestly, My biggest mistake was not finishing the script before posting it
It's done now thankfully but when I was halfway through the story I was still working on the script too which caused a lot of inconsistencies and issues with the story, not to mention Haitus's from a lack of backlog

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dayworks
Nov '24

I do have it all written out already. Actually the whole graphic novel is my adaptation of a book I wrote quite awhile ago. While I was writing the book I did chapter illustrations that implied the book was a paperback of an existing comic. I still use these illustration at the beginning of each chapter. At the time I became interested in how visualization and written description worked back in forth in my head and how they were both aids to each other (at least for me) In any case the pandemic rolled in and I decided to graphically adapt the whole thing to keep myself from doing too much daytime despair drinking. The latest chapter is out now.