What is the largest goal you have writing wise?

[ueonts]

Is it making a game? Getting an adaptation? Starting a business? What is your grand aspiration when it comes to the craft, and more importantly, how do you plan to get there?

[Five]

Getting an adaptation. How I plan to get there; hmmm... there’s no sure fire way besides getting more eyes on your work and growing the popularity on it to attract interests, so I guess my procedure is writing, improving and advertising as much as I can until it becomes a reality. Might take a very long time, but I’m willing to try my best

[DiegoPalacios]

World domination. XD

[kalmia]

Honestly I really just have a goal to reach a point where I can sell my work physically and that’s about it. If it ever goes farther than that, then i’m not sure what i’d do LOL. Sure an adaptation or animation or something would be seriously awesome, but It’s not even in my thoughts because I know it’s probably not going to happen xD.

I really just want to be able to reach a large enough audience to sell physical copies, maybe walk into a Walmart or Barns and Noble and see my own work on a shelf. That’d be cool.

My plan is to just continue doing what i’m doing and building up an audience. Keep advertising, keep posting my comic, making friends and connections, then once I can build a fund for it, print it. Hopefully I can make connections that will allow me to put my comic in those larger stores I mentioned. That’s about my plan so far haha. Not super detailed, but it’s a start!

[morganicfoods]

I don't really have any super large ambitions when it comes to my comic, mostly because I don't have enough faith in myself that it'll work out.
But getting fanart one day would be nice. I probably would cry. A lot.

My unrealistic dream is for people to want and be able to speak my conlang(s) with me. That would be awesome.

[VibrantFox]

i think for the moment it's just "get it out there"

i wont deny that seeing physical copies of my comics on store shelves would be neat and an animated adaptation or even a game based on the setting would be incredibly badass but for now it's just focusing on producing and publishing and advertising as best as i can and hoping that my work is enjoyable enough to garner a decent following

[TheLemmaLlama]

Depends on how you measure 'largeness' here. Like, I have relatively concrete plans to animate bitwam, but I also plan to write the First Principles series which I plan to be far longer, sooo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But okay, about my animation plans:

What would you like to happen to your comic?

I too am aiming for an animation, but I don't intend to appeal to a big company where it's a binary of 'it either gets adapted or it doesn't' - I intend to crowdfund small pieces of animation as much as support allows.

Maybe the whole thing won't get animated within my lifetime, but it shows that we don't need to ask a big powerful entity to grant our wishes. Animators, voice actors, composers etc are just people like you or I; we can talk to them, and make deals with them directly! If we want something to happen, we CAN do it ourselves! The power is in OUR hands!

My ultimate wish then is for it to successfully be animated in its entirety within my lifetime, and for that to inspire people and stand as a testament to the power of incremental progress and grassroots, stigmergic coordination

What would you like to happen to your comic?

When I say 'crowdfund' I don't mean necessarily a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough money for a full 20 minute episode in one go; my plan is more

- divide my comic into 'cuts' that could range from seconds to like 3 minutes
- let people put themselves on a spreadsheet saying they're willing to animate X cut for Y dollars
- have a Ko-fi tip jar or smth, track all the donations, and when I accumulate enough to hire someone, hire them

... so I guess my biggest goal is to prove to the world the powers of public domain/open culture, and Doing Things Ourselves In other words,

World domination. XD

(That's a writing-related goal, right? :D)

[ThunderChicken]

Mainly it's to get 'em finished. To try to get the books finished, in sequence, before I see a squirrel and start something else.

[Lensing]

I want to have a comic book which is sold at book stores in german train station.
I want to write a song which is played on the radio or is in a soundtrack of a famous
movie

[Glofernwolfe]

My goal is pretty simple actuallly. I don't plan to go big, because I currently have a lot of other responsibilities. But my current responsibilities are mundane and just things you have to do in life. If I don't pour my creativity into art and writing... I WILL GO CRAZY. So I write to keep things interesting and have something to look forward to during weekends and after work.

[xaviersaxonart]

I just want to amass a long run on something, a comic that can be binged and that people get excited to read because of the amount of content. When I start reading a new comic or novel series and realise that there are hours of entertainment and worldbuilding ahead of me I get really excited to dive in. I want to create that feeling for readers.

[GumshoeComix]

goals - get it out there,

Pipedreams - get an adaptation

I gotta think realistically here

[NickRowler]

I do want to write a book or comic for younger kids (10 and younger). But I always worry my ideas are a bit too mature for that demographic.

I do also want to make a game and I have been working on concepts on and off, tho it might not be tied to my comics at all.

[CarltonIsaac]

[smokesalty]

A dream is to have physical copies of my comic on shelves. But also, I am aware that that might not happen, so I don't really put it as a 'goal,' I guess. That being said, I'm still absolutely gonna push for it! You'll never know unless you try.

But my big goals are to a) get the comic completed, b) get the comic printed (whether it be traditional/self publishing) and to c) bring my comic to more people who'd read it.

I really enjoy the process of making the comic and seeing scenes I've had planned for years finally come to life. I finally get to show the scenes I'm really proud of! I already know my work I well written, I'd just like to share it with others too I am my own number one fan, and I want to be able to one day sit down and read my entire comic from start to finish. I think that one day having this comic as a completed work i and others can read is really incredible.

As for printing, similar to what I said above except I'd like to just. Pick it up and hold it. My comic is my baby

And like while obviously having a big audience isn't everything, I want people to see my work! I'm already really happy with how this is going so far, it's really nice to see people invested in my work. I keep a collection of the fanwork I receive, it really means a lot to me. But yeah, I do still put in the work to keep growing my audience, through promoting my work and such and it's difficult! I plan to keep persevering and putting my work out there while still appreciating the people that support me and my work.

And in terms of adaptation, I feel like it is a pretty big "out there" dream for most comic creators. Like I'd be ecstatic if that happened to me, as most people would! I admittedly have thought "ooh, if this was a show, what characters would be expanded on, what would be changed? Would it be live action or animated?" Like its fun to think about, but it's not what I aspire to have for my comic because it feels so out of reach. And besides, my comic was made to be a comic, and I have full control over my work which I enjoy. The comic version is what I'd concider the "intended" way to experience the story. It's my vision put to the page.

[Lensing]

Physcial copies of your comics is a realistic goal in my opinion.
I live in germany and we have a lot of small and big publishers who put out
all kind of comics, also all styles of comics. Every book store has a comic
section and they sell comics in the book stores in train stations.

The adaption thing probably comes from one punch man

[oldmanjohnny66]

Being remembered.Most of us live and die and no one even knows we existed.A hundred years from now somebody might pick up a book we wrote and read it.Even if only for a few hours,we will live again when someone reads that book.We won't be completely forgotten.

[Leyelle]

Becoming a household name who will be remembered in future generations lol. I have big goals. But for my first novel "Damsel in the Red Dress" probably just a TV series or series of movies.

how do you plan to get there?

Through consistency mostly. If I keep marketing it, and putting out fresh content as the previous content gains traction I believe I'll be able to build a following. And as long as I commit to writing in my unique style and stories i'm truly passionate about, I think I'll eventually be able to write things the world will notice. How famous I'll be in the end I can't judge, but I believe I'll at least be able to get noticed.