Yet another banger! Killing your darlings is always great advice. I took a 120 page graphic novel and condensed it into a 24 page issue. A lot of Darlings passed away that day.
Conversely, rather than throwing out ideas and moments that may not seem to help the story along, you can figure out how to better implement them into your story in a way that builds upon your world/characters and perhaps alludes to or serves as a metaphor for their motives/journey/arc. Something that may seem out of place at the beginning of the story could wind up being a 'set up' for an ultimate 'pay off' in your story, as well. So don't be completely averse to incorporating ideas, even if they seem (at first) to not help the story along. Think about Breaking Bad: they kept showing the same shot of a stuffed bear floating in a pool over several episodes. At first, it seemed nonsensical, but then eventually it paid off in a way that I will not spoil here lol Edit: Certainly nothing wrong with editing your work, but I feel a better exercise is to figure out how to take something that you'd normally throw out, and incorporate it into the story in a meaningful way!
Respectfully disagree. By all means keep the ideas to potentially the implement then into another story, but comics is such a short form medium…you only have a few pages and panels to make an impact…so unless the scene pushes the narrative forward…it’s gotta go.
Very good advice. The issue I'm having is I am flooded with what I feel are great concepts but I get caught up in this idea that I need to pick the one with the best potential, a concept which is subjective and continuously morphs. The more time I give myself to ponder the subjective concept of potential the more cracks I find in each idea which usually results in me returning to the concept bin to do the same thing over again. My current goal is to create a 3 page "treatment"(Script/rough layout/maybe pencils) of one of these ideas that is a highly focused scene hoping maybe if I constrain an idea enough I won't feel so overwhelmed with endless concepts.
Hey buddy, Just pick the one you think you’d have the most fun writing and start with that. Start small, start with 4 pages comics and learn the craft, working your way up to bigger projects.
👍👍👍😌 relief. I was thinking about a scene. This helped me realize I'm headed in the right direction😅. 🤔Now all I need to do is rob a bank so I can pay all the creators involved...🙄 😮HeY! 😁I just thought of an idea for your next video ((Jk))
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Yet another banger! Killing your darlings is always great advice. I took a 120 page graphic novel and condensed it into a 24 page issue. A lot of Darlings passed away that day.
Duuuuuuude! Nice work yourself.
That’s a hell of a trim
Conversely, rather than throwing out ideas and moments that may not seem to help the story along, you can figure out how to better implement them into your story in a way that builds upon your world/characters and perhaps alludes to or serves as a metaphor for their motives/journey/arc. Something that may seem out of place at the beginning of the story could wind up being a 'set up' for an ultimate 'pay off' in your story, as well. So don't be completely averse to incorporating ideas, even if they seem (at first) to not help the story along.
Think about Breaking Bad: they kept showing the same shot of a stuffed bear floating in a pool over several episodes. At first, it seemed nonsensical, but then eventually it paid off in a way that I will not spoil here lol
Edit: Certainly nothing wrong with editing your work, but I feel a better exercise is to figure out how to take something that you'd normally throw out, and incorporate it into the story in a meaningful way!
Respectfully disagree.
By all means keep the ideas to potentially the implement then into another story, but comics is such a short form medium…you only have a few pages and panels to make an impact…so unless the scene pushes the narrative forward…it’s gotta go.
@@MattGarveyComics Ah that's true. In a short form story, editing is key. Appreciate all the advice!
It’s all good, matey and you are more then entitled to have your own opinions on things.
Very good advice. The issue I'm having is I am flooded with what I feel are great concepts but I get caught up in this idea that I need to pick the one with the best potential, a concept which is subjective and continuously morphs. The more time I give myself to ponder the subjective concept of potential the more cracks I find in each idea which usually results in me returning to the concept bin to do the same thing over again. My current goal is to create a 3 page "treatment"(Script/rough layout/maybe pencils) of one of these ideas that is a highly focused scene hoping maybe if I constrain an idea enough I won't feel so overwhelmed with endless concepts.
Hey buddy,
Just pick the one you think you’d have the most fun writing and start with that.
Start small, start with 4 pages comics and learn the craft, working your way up to bigger projects.
No side quests if it's not important to the narrative lol
Pretty much dude, that’s a good analogy 😜 thanks for watching
Great advice! Thanks!
Cheers dude thanks for watching
Kill your darlings is an art form in itself. xP
Nice videos. :D
Cheers dude
Hi I got a question, where can I get my comic book printed and made
Here you go…
Getting Your Comic Printed Online (2021)
ruclips.net/video/8n8ql-rX1vo/видео.html
👍👍👍😌 relief. I was thinking about a scene. This helped me realize I'm headed in the right direction😅. 🤔Now all I need to do is rob a bank so I can pay all the creators involved...🙄
😮HeY! 😁I just thought of an idea for your next video
((Jk))
Ha…cheers for watching buddy
Nice advice - trim the fat! 😊
Exactly
WOW
I know right 😜