What do you think is your greatest writing weakness?

[zetina]

I think my greatest weakness is that I don't have a good enough understanding of my writing ability to be able to discern my weaknesses.I'm hoping to glean some of that by doing my current project. I think I have some trouble with pacing, at least, and I also tend to write stories that are uselessly long.

[Izzy]

Hm, I think that I sometimes have difficulty making dialogue seem real. In other words, I am constantly worried that my characters will come off as being too unrealistic or for lack of better terms "off" in terms of speech, thus making them harder to connect with as a reader.

That and pacing lol

[VermillionWorks]

I care about everything and every character too much to write a short story. It always turns out long.

Super long webcomics are something I always advise against, especially for newbie webcomickers, yet I still end up making comics that are too long. XD Daniel was meant to be a much shorter story than the 9+ chapters it's becoming.

I also have a hard time staying interested in one idea, so I have to take MONTHS to make sure I'm going to stay into it enough before making anything substantial out of it, and even then my interest can be iffy sometimes.

I notice my mind has a hard time 'processing' an epic tale set in a vast, unique world, especially when it involves focusing on many characters. I feel like I can easily lose track of what's happening with elaborate stories/settings. I work better focusing mainly on a small group of characters set in a relatively familiar world, I've come to realize...

....yet here I am trying to get into making a dark fantasy novel of a pretty epic scale. XD I just want to try 'cause I always wanted to, though I'll be focusing on a select group of people most of the time.

I'm also pretty terrible at writing political issues, IE coming up with reasons for why a war is happening.

[mariusthered]

I think my biggest weakness as far as my comic is concerned is I have four main Characters that are not only girls , but teenage American girls. As me the writer is a middle aged man from England, writing stuff that sounds cool and trendy is kinda hard at times. I have some language books that have slang phrases and watch as much reference stuff as I can. I also don't get time to write scenes for my adult characters as much as i want too, something i will be addressing in seasons to come.

[AnnaLandin]

I probably have a whole lot, but the one I acknowledge freely is that I like taking things slowly, to the point where stories can drag at times.

I'm aware of it, and am consciously trying to fight against it by challenging myself to get scenes done in the least amount of pages I can manage, but it is a persistent habit that is very hard to break.

It messes with my pacing sometimes.

[Michelle]

I struggle most with exposition-- not doing too much of it, but rather, I'm so gun-shy of "talking the plot" that I have a hard time figuring out how to convey plot points in a natural manner. >>; The last thing I want to do is info-dump on anyone.

Usually it's a matter of combing through the dialogue a few times and finding natural ways to bring up important plot info, as well as finding ways to suggest story elements in the artwork. I probably spend the most time sorting this area out when writing.

[jurinova]

My biggest weakness is, like with many others it seems, pacing. I like setting everything properly and making sure all pieces are on the table before building the puzzle. However it often leads to chapters where practically nothing exciting happens, which can be frustrating for readers. I want to speed things up but it could lead to moments where the readers might get confused about why or how something happened. The balance is so difficult to find.

I also struggle with dialogue due not being a native English speaker. I'd like to have characters with distinct speaking patterns or ways of expressing themselves but it's so hard. Thus, I often end up using pictures to tell the story rather than words, but a lot of details or information may be lost on the reader if I fail to make my point.

[Mecha]

So far it's coming up with a good ending. It's something I've struggled with for my current issue and it's something I'm struggling with now while thinking up ideas for my next issues. Though I could definitely see myself running into much bigger writing problems as I go further into making my comic.

Oh, and a lot of times I also find my dialogue to be kinda iffy...

[miesmud]

I'm struggling with writing as a whole tbh.

I'm not good at English, so dialogs are really hard to write. I don't know how cool American kids talk, so I'm always using random words I find on Tumblr and Urban dictionary.

I have a hard time finding a good pacing, my story is a slow slice of life with little action. I feel like I'll disappoint a lot of people, because I'm only building up to one small payoff.

And I'm not sure if I'm capable of making my story belieable. I always do a lot of research about everything, but I still feel like I know too little about what I'm actually writing about.

So yeah, I think writing isn't really my thing. But I still like doing it :')

[shaneoid77]

I don't consider myself a writer at all, and I leave the writing until last working from the plot I've worked out. I think my weakness is; while I try not to spoon feed my audience I may be too vague when executing this

[spooktacularprize]

I probably have a whole lot, but the one I acknowledge freely is that I like taking things slowly, to the point where stories can drag at times.

I think I may this problem too; I think the thing about this is that it's so different on a webcomic site than an actual comic. The story I'm going for isn't a short one, but I can easily dedicate well over 10 pages to a single conversation or scene, and 15 is the norm in some cases.

I've been reading your comic too, and I've been reading it in bulk since I just started, and I actually think the pacing is quite good; and if you were to cut it down and I Read in this style (in bulk) it may even seem too fast.

It feels sort of like this mentality where a webcomic has to be faster since the release rate is generally slower; I keep saying to myself that I'm not ready or about to change the pace from what seems natural in my head just to make sure people are jumping out of their seats with each new episode; but I still find myself cutting out pages to try and improve reader engagement.

But it's hard to say for sure, I try to cut down on conversation that isn't necessary and sometimes I have trouble judging whether something is or isn't, and whether something is too expositiony (for lack of a better phrase), and then this leads me to not reveal enough or get confused on ways to reveal what I want to reveal.

I'm similar to @miesmud in that I feel like I'll disappoint a lot of people, constantly worrying about what upsetting things I might be doing or how I might let the readers down! Pshew!

[Kura]

Poor grammar and not knowing very uncommon words

I'm also not 100% at English even though I have gotten pretty good over the years.

[Emma]

I feel like my dialogue feels extremely wooden at times.

[kencoon7]

My two greatest weakness are writing and drawing.

[punkarsenic]

i think i struggle to find the balance between too vague and too much information, so there tends to be some level of confusion.

[Puppisama]

I feel I go to the point to fast, and leave some important things behind, like for example, on my comic, my characters haven't formally presented themselves, and I'm about to reach chapter 5 hahaha. Also, since english is not my first language, I feel limited when I want to writte something prominent.

[jerreaudriessen]

Im pretty bad at writing cuz I dont really plant things out.
Im learning how to do that now!

[respheal]

Writing description, definitely. Either I write too little or it turns into purple prose. That is one of the many reasons I decided to swing for a comic instead of continuing the novel xD But even then I think my weakness for description carries over because I got the dialogue down, but as for what's going on behind the dialogue.........ehh?

[Down_the_Rabbithole]

Yeah. That does sound like a pretty tricky thing to do. I can at least sympathize a little because I'm trying to represent a time long before I was born and all the mannerisms and slang that come with the time period. It's also a little hard to represent cultural attitudes of the time while still making the characters likable.

[Down_the_Rabbithole]

It sounds like you do a lot of thinking. I do that same thing.

I've also had that fear of disappointing people or breaking the plot, so that's why I keep a lot of notes about every detail. It keeps those fears at bay.