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Inking would be my #1. I’m too sloppy for it, and my hands give out really fast. I mean, I’d love to just do scripts and thumbnails, but inks would be divine.
Hmm, I'm not sure what counts as weird. I think my fav unusual format I did was an assignment to writing a 'coming of age' short story in college. I wrote somebody in their 30s who had the ability to inhabit people's minds and be a passenger in their lives. After a traumatic event as a teenager, the…
These are more writing playlists than like... organized, 'for others' playlists, but RETHE LEFT TO ROT
I'd look into assembly tech jobs. Due to physical/mental issues, I have a lot of the same limits, and can't do most cashier jobs since American ones aren't set up for a wheelchair. I really love working as an editor. If you're willing to Sell Your Soul to a Corporation, lots of marketing teams nee…
To me it depends on the tone of the series and the reason for hating. Having their ex on the dartboard? Creepy and weird. Having the evil king that slayed their village on their target dummy? Less weird. Cartoon where they have the clown that scared them as a child on a dartboard? Not weird. Rival's…
I used to want to constantly rework things, but that’s finally faded. People dread their skill plateau, but I love going back to something I wrote a year ago and not wanting to burn it.
I have a couple of reference books for some of my go-to topics, but it's hard to extract my research from my writing process, you know? It's sort of... I figure out what I want to have, and then I figure out how that makes sense. That process is actually really fun for me, and I think a lot of cool …
I got to read so much good stuff in my Sci-Fi class, but in English, Crime and Punishment is actually a book that got me through a really rough time in my life.
Right now? 0. I don't have comics in my right now.
Genre is key! I think writers with limits often relate to pretty broad categories. (Can they write comedy? Horror? For children? Are they comfortable writing a sex scene?) There's both skill limits (I am not a pure comedy writer) and personal limits/preferences (I am not comfortable writing evangeli…
I hope nothing I've said comes off that way. I try to hammer home how hard art is because I am a writer first and artist second, and also because I feel like a lot of writers searching for artists get... pretty cruel about other people's writing. I think part of it is... writing is a lot easier to…
Art has always been an extension of my writing for me. My brain is stories 24/7, and is my career field. Art is a way to explore and communicate those stories for me. I love drawing, but if I could never draw again, I'd manage. If I couldn't write, I'd wither like every plant I've ever cared for.
I'm getting slammed by a summer heat wave, and would love to hear people's favorite dishes for hot summer days. My personal fav would be tofu fresh rolls. Cold, delicious, and easy on the stomach.
Arcane Transcript Claire is a pretty good all-rounder in combat. She's got fireballs, and decent shooting and punching skills, but the story isn't really combat focused. As a detective, she's got fantastic magic sensing skills, but pretty subpar people skills, and she's working in a culture she does…
I'd say, in the most flexible terms: It takes me where it meant to Did the junky romance have me on the edge of my seat, screaming at the villain and tearing up at the corny love confession? Hell yeah! Did I spend the whole time thinking the villain was a racist stereotype and the romantic interes…
The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Very solid start, decent enough second and third book... and then the ending resolves everything on a really ridiculous bit of semantics that's kind of implicitly transphobic. BLEH. Sanderson's early stuff really struggled with endings in general, just A …
I find the main 'underdog baiting' in modern shounen takes a different form: The protagonist is actually the specialist ever, but nobody appreciates it because they're all Big Meanieheads Who Haven't Realized the True Power Of (an unusual weapon, whatever magic path, owning cool magical items) I l…
Probably 'Primer', but I also remember really liking it.
Every once in a while, my love of Americana, episodic horror, and messy interpersonal relationships makes me think I should watch Supernatural. Unfortunately, then I am faced with everything else about Supernatural.
-People attempting to adjust to a new normal after lifechanging disaster -Unlikely allies who become the most important people in each other's lives -Empathy for things judged unimportant/monstrous -Brilliant person with a big heart but no social skills teams up with a charming person who's secretly…
Nonbinary creator here! My paused comic, Rethe, has an alternate gender system overall The lead of Left to Rot is nonbinary [image] And, it hasn't come up in comic yet, but Linn in Arcane Transcript is a transwoman [image]
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Unfortunately, the manga industry is pretty Japan only, and each country's industry is going to be specific from there. Like RedLenai said, you've got two main routes- The first is to build an online following. Promote the hell out of yourself, keep regular updates, and figure out how you plan to …
Shit, Rome fell? Why does nobody tell me these things?!
Rethe's been on hiatus for a while, but I have an illustrated chapter that's entirely worldbuilding and remains one of my most popular chapters
Happily gay married and writing stories with queer casts!
The word count is def a bit low for me. I do post split chapters, and know my style isn't super Tapas friendly. The problem is, Tapas is a good fit for me in a lot of ways! It's got forums which is nice, but it's also got a lot of readers looking for queer content and fantasy content, and doesn't bu…
I mean... most Isekai is shounen? Shounen just means it's targeted at young men. There's some solid, complex isekai concepts, but, overall, it's a current trend with a lot of cheap cash-ins. The same way the YA market in America had that big dystopia boom that included both some amazing, thought pro…
Thanks for doing this! Would enjoy a review on my fantasy/murder mystery novel if you have the time/interest!
I don't think i need to suspend disbelief if the romance is happening offscreen. If a story wants me to believe it was True Love at first sight and there's no need to fall in love from there, that's asking me to suspend disbelief and agree to a world where magical connections form in an instant. But…
First: Is it more important the world-building for this story be emotionally true or structurally true. The rules within the story need to be consistent, but it's fine to have a fairly light, flexible magic system. I tend to go to pretty 'hard' magic with lots of rules, but one of my stories magic…