Have you ever have those moments or decisions where you want to add something in your world, as your story progresses but wouldn't make sense.
For veterans; have you ever forgotten what you wanted to put in your story, and just decided to throw stuff in there. Cough tite kubo with his bleach story.
Oct '17
Oct '17
Yes to the first question. Some ideas for jokes i had were too dark for my comic. It also happened that i want to explain some things about the setting, but still is not the right time or don`t know for now how to do it in an entertaining and natural way.
So i am waiting for the right time for some scenes, and for others i am still thinking how to write them.
I’ve experienced both before. When you just add things, it’s makes the world building more engrossing. Most of the time.
I once wanted to place a complete psychopath in a light heart and happy comic =P
I was gonna introduce him by him torturing some animals, stitching stones inside their bodies
don't ask man I don't know
Lmao yes XD I wanted to add an extra character and realized they didnt belong there. And then there's the times when I fucked up and forget to put some shit in my story and Im like damn I messed up god why This is why I have multiple series XD
Won't call myself a veteran, but yes, I do forget some details on the 'rules' I set up for the story world for Pandora's Scar1. So whenever an expository bit comes up, I refer back to previous expositions to keep things consistent. Keeping notes (in a place where you can still find them a few months/year down the road : P ) helps too.
My main thing is that I have a bunch of ideas that I want to incorporate into my strip, but I feel like what's already established in the strip hasn't been fleshed out enough to warrant new ideas. So I just have to keep my ideas on the back-burner while I flesh out the strip as it is.
For example, there's a genie character (of sorts) that I wanted to add into Tommy Negi's universe, but I held back because I felt like I had a bunch of characters I still needed to flesh out before I could add him. I'll probably have to wait until year two of the strip to introduce him given how things are going.
I love how what started as a simple little side project done for fun has become a test of my patience in so many ways.
My main problem: I don't plan anything.
Honestly. I just write whatever comes into my head, read a few chapters back so stuff wouldn't go over the place, and generally, my writing process is just one big clusterf**k.
Good thing I use a notebook...those margins really DO come in handy. Just a tip!
-Helioxiv
Do a lot of pre-writing so there usually isn't a lot of first-draft content that needs to be cut. Sometimes I trim the dialogue or simplify the action but most passages survive.
I did cut a scene where one character seduces another. Both acted in character but the tone was too rom-com for my dark epic fantasy.
I've once randomly added a character who was meant to fill a minor plot-hole and she ended up being paramount to the overarching story... Fun times.
Something similar happened to me too - some of my minor characters became the most memorable ones and fan favorites.
Answering the first question - yes.
It mostly happens when I find myself facing a crossroad, when I have two ideas on how to solve a conflict/push the story forward, but I have to pick only one. It's so hard to choose when both are equally good, just from a different approach that doesn't have a crucial impact on the further chapters - either character A handles the situation like a badass, or character B handles it in their own unique way, etc.
So I have to pick one and ditch the other.
That's why I plan to make my stories into choose your own adventure stories or Visual Novels one day. I can keep both ideas, and let the reader decide which one they like more X3
As for the second, it happens too. I totally forget parts of the dialogue... and it pisses me off, because in the back of my head I remember it was perfect. I get the angrier when I can't find the notes with the important conversation in, and I have to either remember it again or come up with something else (but I don't like the new idea as much).
I once set up a time travel arc in a story that was more epic fantasy... it was an awkward mesh, so much that I have to rethink about the whole story... Also I tried to push this bard training sub-arc, and this jealousy arc that came with it, which was not important and just added unnecessary drama that goes nowhere...
No wonder I rebooted .-.
To solve the first problem I usually work on more than one story idea. Even though I'm working on a webcomic right now, I'm already planning the next three. That way it's easier to use whatever crazy cool idea my mind comes up with.
To avoid the second problem I usually write down the way the story will progress. All of it. It's an outline, but VERY brief. I just want to know what the story is about. Of course, as I'm writing the details the story changes, but at least I have the "skeleton" of the story already sketched.
Sometimes people have great ideas for characters. But unfortunately they don`t always fit the actual story you are writing. I get your pain.
@ joe_galindez
I like them best when they seem to enjoy their madness, like deadpool or greed from FMA, their crazy grins always bring a smile to my face XD
@DiegoPalacios
thanks man, , I did finally find him a place in the story, though more of and antagonist/third party and not so blood crazy and more happy crazy, no more small animals being mutilated sadly :C
