What draws you or turns you away from a comic/story?

@Dei Dusty
Sat, 15 Jul 2023 10:38:58 +0000

@Dei wrote:

What makes me invested in a story:

Literary Style.Think Stephen King, Nora Roberts, Gregg Hurwitz, etc. I like a mature style and/or tone as I am not so much into juvenile writing styles or YA. I'm way past those themes. I still tend to read such if written decently.

Sometimes, I like a light hearted comic/read so I tend to browse some shojo/slice of life manga as well. Horimiya for one. Good art style is always a bonus.

Characters with appropriate and understandable state of psychological dispute.

Polished characterization.

Writer knows how to Show and not Tell.

What makes me raise an eyebrow behind the screen:

Smut driven romance stories and the characters barely know each other. I can almost roll my whole head at this. C'mon, be realistic. IRL this doesn't really happen unless you're a red-light district worker. But even they don't usually find that kind of romance. I like romance in my reads, but if it's heading in this direction, eh, well they had their chance.

Punctuations. Improper and the no usage of such. Please have mercy on me.

Yes, info dump at the very beginning. Give me action, interaction, anything to introduce me to the character I'm supposed to meet. If there's history written deftly and appropriately, I wouldn't mind. But trying hard to explain things, maybe not so much. I like that info in bits throughout the story, just not in one sitting.