What to do when you've outgrown your own story

@kytri Kieran Thompson
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:28:27 +0000

@kytri wrote:

I feel like this is a thing that sort of naturally happens. If you work on anything for long enough it will become commonplace.

If it's possible I generally try to wrap up the story and complete the comic. Usually I have some new idea I'd like to work on at that point, but in the long term it's good to learn how to finish a story. Also I have readers who are supporting me and I don't want to disappoint them.

If it's not possible it's okay to just drop it. If there's any concepts you like and want to salvage that's also fine. I did this with my first webcomic and am currently wrapping up the comic based on those salvaged concepts. Basically no one was reading my first comic anyway. It fucking sucked at the time but was ultimately the right decision.

I think it's important to remember that whatever you do the effort you put in so far wasn't wasted. It was valuable experience and you know more about writing and storytelling and art than you did when you started. If you start a new project tomorrow it will be better for all the effort you put into the last one.