Have u ever felt like giving up on ur comic?

[azureiwazaru]

i have and its only been 10 hours..

HELP I NEED MENTAL HELP
i need to write stories but ive been told my stories are bad... i admit it too

[J.Lovelace]

i need to write stories but ive been told my stories are bad...

Well then... keep writing until they shove you in compliments :'D

[mariusthered]

nothing ever comes right away , it take time and work. I have been posting my comic here since October and only have 29 subs, why not because my writing is bad ,but some elements of my comic are not popular in the mainstream of society. but I plod on knowing that each story line has new people who will like it. my point is just keep going.

by just saying your bad at writing it will not help the situation till you add "so what do i need to do to get better?"

so my advice is keep improving and don't quit

[kazukitakamura126]

No one starts off good at making comics, when I started writing comics in 2006 my story was as cliche as they come. As the years went on I took people's advice, learned from past mistakes and actually did a little research.

My advice to you would be to learn from your mistakes and keep trying different methods if one doesn't work for you.

[carloswebcomic]

i need to write stories but ive been told my stories are bad

Who said that? Readers? Friends? The ghost of Christmas past?

Making comics is a bit like playing Dark Souls. You just need to get good.
If you REALLY want to make comics, you're just going to have to keep falling over and standing up again till you get it right. That's just the way it is.

[NickRowler]

I've had webcomic in the past which I have attempted then just gave up on them.

But recently I just feel more focus and passionate that I am not just going to easily give up. My art has NEVER been popular and I go through life with no one ever noticing me (be it online or IRL), so it can be sort of discouraging that the effort I put into my comic is no where equal to how many people who even give it a side glace. But my goal is a minimum of 200 pages, and I already have 100 pages done, because I like creating my comic even if no one else cares.

[AnnaLandin]

i have and its only been 10 hours..

Take a break, eat a snack, and then come back and draw some more comics.

Comics is VERY much something you're in for the long haul. No one is amazing at the start, no one has it all figured out, and putting art and writing together in a way that makes sense and is good is a skill you have to practise.

Also, you need to practise accepting your failures. Everyone fails, and we keep failing until we fail better, and learn from our failures, and become better comic creators.

i need to write stories but ive been told my stories are bad... i admit it too

The first stories I wrote - and the first comics I made - were complete trash. They were terrible. So I wrote more stories and made more comics, and they were still terrible, but slightly less terrible because I was trying something different. And so I kept going and going, making new comics and telling new stories over and over until I learned how.

If you're stories are bad, you just need to tell more of them. The same way no one sits on a bicycle for the first time and magically knows how to ride it perfectly, no one is magically the best at storytelling the first time they try.

Invest in some patience and some determination, and keep going.

[zelkats]

Yes, you have to practice. Yes, you gotta keep telling yourself to get better after making inevitable mistakes. But while you're at it, please have fun creating stories and comics!

Don't worry if you don't finish all of the stories you make -- just try making whatever the hell you want. And they all don't have to be uploaded on Internet! Sometimes having no readers waiting for the next update takes the pressure away, you don't have to compete or compare with other creators on the net, and you don't have to face much judgement (I recommend this for people who are on the verge of giving up because of the crippling lack of confidence. Go back to the beginning and draw for yourself first). It's like sketching and doodling on a sketchbook -- it doesn't have to always be 100% and serious. That can help you be more comfortable and confident.

Read and watch your favourite things. If you go, "Damn, I wanna make something like that!", by all means, go ahead! Don't worry if your first try turns out to be a rip-off (just don't make any money out of it lol). Most of us have done that in the beginning -- copying is also part of learning. That way, you can get familiar with various tropes and (visual) storytelling techniques. When you're ready to try different things, you can start researching. Read reviews AND get reviews.

Baby steps first. Don't set the bar for yourself too high otherwise you'll be disappointed in yourself (and self-doubt will kick in). Start out with short stories about the things you're familiar with or you adore.

[azureiwazaru]

@zelkats thank you for the advice
I made a lot of short comics but didnt post then coz... im not very confident
posting on the internet took a lot of confidence.. im want to learn and see what people think of my art. i reaaalllly want to get better

[azureiwazaru]

@AnnaLandin
Ill try harder thank you! i so far wrote 2 stories bothe were abandoned so im guessing they were that bad.... but i liked them i cant really tell since i wrote them, but ill try mt best

[azureiwazaru]

i feel the same, I've always wanted to create comics but people dont even know that i like to draw irl. Im usually compared to people how cant draw. some people tell me that my art really isnt good, but those people just make me want to try harder and also actually puts me down too and makes me doubt myself but I love to draw and drawing is the only thing i has interest in so ofc i have to put effort.... but im no good in comics thats for sure

[azureiwazaru]

thank you ill try my best i think i need a lot of time to think of another story

[azureiwazaru]

yes i think people think i try to hard in making it funny i guess, im really bad at writing dialogues and they are really important in comics so yeah.

[azureiwazaru]

yeah i see whats wrong in my stories are the dialogues but people keep abandoning my stories and not tell me whats wrong... right now i dont really want to do my own story and i will collaborate with an author for a while then when i completely know what to do with my story ill start my own.

[azureiwazaru]

ill try that hahaha

[zelkats]

That's great! Uploading a comic on the Internet can definitely be intimidating DX

The great thing about the Internet is that you can find comic creators and people with similar interests who can help you improve when there isn't anyone physically close by who can. I recommend joining a circle of comic friends or comic group chats who can see your progress regularly and help along the way. Open topics on the forums help too but may not be as committed. Books on writing and comicking should help but I'm not the person to ask about because I don't know much about them LOL.

[carloswebcomic]

thank you ill try my best i think i need a lot of time to think of another story

Just remember not to throw the baby out with the bath water. Sometimes you just need to tweak instead of starting again.

[azureiwazaru]

@carloswebcomic when i look back to story isnt all that interesting... and i deleted the story i liked out of rage... but thank you for the advice ill keep that in mind

[azureiwazaru]

people dont know im in this site hahaha and my friends arent interested in art, but i do always ask help on the forums

[zelkats]

Mhm, like I said. Find people with similar interests and make connections on the internet . The forum is a good place to start