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

@cherrystark Cherry Stark
Sat, 15 Jul 2023 21:59:59 +0000

@cherrystark wrote:

Turn On - Engaging plot, clear stakes, characters making logical/realistic choices for the situation they are in, and realistic dialogue. A lot of the time, characters' dialogue and actions seem very fake to me. It makes me lose interest. Even if a plot is relatively simple, if the characters act "real" or believable to their situation, I will always keep reading.

Turn Off - Overdramatized stories that play too long. While these stories may be grammatically fine, they are in desperate need of an editor to trim down the run time. For example, in an office romance, the MC could be head over heels in love with their boss. Instead of a 2-3 paragraphs to bridge the gap between the important scenes, we would get 2-3 chapters worth of filler scenes and character internal monologues. Or two characters are arguing, instead of using body language to convey anger - everyone is shouting monologues at each other for a chapter and a half. It's also part of the reason why I stopped enjoying first-person POV because the writer always gives them 20 minutes of internally monologues for a 2 minute action sequence.