What storytelling trait of yours could be interpreted as your biggest weakness?

[nickolaidas]

We all have a storytelling style. Some like to punch the reader in the face with exploding action on the very first issue. Others want to start with a mysterious character or event, leaving the reader in the dark for a while before starting revealing stuff. Others dump the reader with exposition on the very first issue in order to give the lay of the land and the rules of the campaign setting. Others want to focus on the protagonist's psyche.

Of all your traits as a storyteller, which one do you think that could be interpreted as a flaw, rather than a trait?

For me, it's my obsession with starting slow and picking up the pace way later. I want to build-up the story and the characters before there is a major confrontation. Unfortunately, that may make the series seem really boring at first, giving a first impression of something utterly tame and boring.

I literally realized it when I started my series and had the basic description of the story come alive after five whole issues.

What about you guys and gals?

[CommanderMarty]

I really suck at dialogue like terrible at writing dialogue but I do think I've gotten better.

[Legendofgenii]

My characters say/think “...” a lot.

I do like pauses and the expressions/body language usually reflect this, but I’m not sure what to do (other than not have a bubble there at all).

[Jophiel]

probably the psyche part, pretty sure mine would be mostly inner monologues gfdsas can't help when two of your main ocs are pretty anxious. also too many filler words. i dont know if thats what they're called,

[nathanKmcwilliams]

I would say my tendency to keep the story moving at a fast pace would be a negative in some cases. At times it could feel too fast, and there is a lack of exposition, so there's a possibility it could get confusing.

I'm the opposite of a slow burn xD

Also my use of cliffhangers could probably be annoying sometimes as well.

[NickRowler]

Too much random exposition.

My stories don’t follow a plot structure where all the events are building up to a climax. At best it can make things unpredictable but at worst it can be hard to tell what is going on.

[milejdyvan]

I can't do descriptions justice ever it's frustrating. But I feel like I have gotten better at hiding my weakness since I haven't had anyone really point it out to me at any point recently.

[NellieVP318]

My story weakness is description and maybe too much exposition at times. I'm getting slowly better at this time by time.

[Moctemma]

I lack clarity in my dialogue. Twice I've received the criticism that you can't understand who is saying what or doing what.
I also tend to hide information that is crucial to understand the world, settings, and characters. I get to excited to write the dialogue I thought about and progress with the story, that I forget to read it like a reader who knows nothing.

[therosesword]

I'm a great lover of ambiguity. My all time favorite story is The Lady or the Tiger. I think it's why I love books like Annihilation and The House of Leaves. I love not tying up all the ends and leaving people wondering what happened. I'll tie up the big loose ends but leave small ones flapping in the breeze.

For me, it's my obsession with starting slow and picking up the pace way later.

I'll do that too, but the trick there is to plant enough little lines here and there that hint at so much more that the reader is drawn into the story and gets super intrigued.

Write hard, write true.

[Kendial]

Mine is visual storytelling. I've watched my entire story in my head like a film, so I tend to skip over things a bit. I thought that made things punchy and exciting but apparently not so much!

The good news is that some kind people on this forum told me about it and I've started reworking my comic from scratch.

And actually... I like it a whole lot more now! I mean, it's not perfect, but it's definitely something I can work on.

[domisotto]

The emotional pointers that create the depth of the narrative. I always want to move the story forward and convey stuff through the dialogue and plot events. Personally, I outright prefer to hear that she was angry or read it through whimsical telling. So it takes patience to add the immersion in the protagonist’s skin via all those shaking fingers and lumps in the throat.

[Chita]

My storytelling weakness is that I drag the scenes a lot I think? I really enjoy showing characters' reaction to stuff and make them feel as real as posible, which makes the story go more slowly. I really need to work on breaking that habit

[DualDragons]

I have the bad tendency of having multiple subplots happen at once, and then shift perspectives which can be confusing

[jensrichard77]

My biggest fail is that when I write something I do it with so much passion and soul that I feel I have created the philosophy stones. But when I re-visit my writing later I see all the flaws and how it could be better and I have no idea why I was so proud of the past work.
Then I re-write the part with even more passion and soul and dancing in joy to the new unchangeable perfect masterpiece. Until a new reality hits.

Life is a roller coaster and I only hope that the many changes for the better will be shown for my audience and the end results will be enjoyable and good enough.

[DukeOfOool]

"I love to slap on more layers onto my story than a ogre has", thought the librarian while writing a summary about how the brave knight has slayed the immortal wyrm. - "And this is what had happened years ago in this small village, young man", the old widow told the hero. "See this is what I've mean", a drunkyard intercepts suddenly.

[nickolaidas]

You should be proud and happy whenever you experience this.

This means you're a lot better than you were.

[BitterBadger]

Possibly moving too fast for those more intimate character moments where I get to flesh out their personalities more. Seeing as I'm doing three comics at once, I tend to move from scene-to-scene and focus on actions more than inner dialogue.

[MeltingCORE]

I've gotten comments about my flowery prose. That's definitely a weakness I've had to reign in over the years. Like, I can be all cool and descriptive... Just not for every little thing lmao! My ocs taking a bath or hanging out doesn't need to sound mysterious.

[nickolaidas]

I remember reading books by Stephen King where he would write an entire page about the garden of some character. I could never appreciate those details back then ...