Why isint my webcomic getting any traction even though I've been updating it for a year?

@HGohwell HgOhwell
Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:17:07 +0000

@HGohwell wrote:

Yeah, I think there's a specific way to use templates, just as there are ways to use things like reference images, you shouldn't just copy or trace over the reference image, but take it and learn from it and edit it. I think also some people have issues because things like Goal/Problem/Solution can be vey specifc to genres and the exact tersm could vary depending on your exact plot and genre. Problems can be replaced with things like Journey (like Pokemon, there's no realy Problem per say, it's a journey towards the Goal and the Solution is to go on the Journey). A lot of slice of life is less like to have a spefic Problem or Goal in a conventional sense, but more in personal character wants and needs and hang ups (Cyan wants to join the school band but she's too anxious to get any further than listening outside the door and then Solutions are simply to improve) or think about a lot of sports drama series where often the Problem is as simple as "there are other teams in the way" and the Solution is "train". I can definitely see how and why some people get caught up in checking points off of a list or just fillining in the blanks, like people do with character sheets, and I think it's important to remember they are supposed to just be tools and aids to start you off rather than the be all and end all of how you work.

So, yeah, I think templates like this should more akin to reference images than paint by numbers, somthing to think about and reference and edit rather than just fill in and call it a day. If it was that simple everyone would do it after all.