Since I first read it, the book "Save The Cat!" has been incredibly useful to me as far as thinking about stories, outlining them, and finishing them. It's a fun way to approach structure, and applies to a LOT of mainstream stories.
It's become an essential textbook in mainstream filmmaking, …
James has been a cave-dwelling monster with a fascination for humans, much to the chagrin of his sister, Mum, and Victor (no relation). The night is young, the forest dark, and a few humans are lurking in the same area as James mistakenly believe he has a brain injury. In …
Have you ever watched a series devotedly then lost touch with it for some reason for a while and then gone back to it a couple of years later and tried to …
Photo: “Casual Group Photo (Right Side)”. 2022 Drunk Duck Awards Community Project. (2022)
Niccea has spoken—The planning for the 2023 Drunk Duck Awards began last Friday, March 31, 2023. The two categories currently accepting volunteer sign-ups and art submissions in April 2023: Planning Committee and For Your Consideration …
Frozen ripples cracking in the glade Blades so fine in between Solemn metals clashing in the field Yields of time in between Broken rattles gatling in the cold Molds to mind in between
Recently I have been revisiting a sitcom that I used to love but, funnily enough, never finished. The last season of the show dropped during a hectic period of my life and by the time I had, well time, to watch it, I had lost the plot. But thanks to …
Alexey has actually implemented not only the new templates now but he's a carried across the user customisations on comic page templates! This follows my revisions to Em's designs for the new standard template and my designs for how they'd work with user mods. It's not …
In the latest episode of Star Trek Picard, a character talks about his efforts to prolong his own life in a way I won't spoil. He lets go of this idea, and in the message he leaves behind, he says "Evolution is not about preservation - it's about addition." …
Nickolas isn't too easy around people, something dark has happened in his life that's left him a little damaged and a trifle on edge, but he's surviving in his own way. He has a lovely partner with a baby on the way, he's just celebrated his birthday, things are going …
We're talking about the importance of a good cover in this cast. Another technical comicscast! I love making coves, they're one of my fave things because I get to stretch my artistic …
I am the one who smile from the vile And cry my last tear of righteousness I am the one who dwell from the well And tear my last veil of anxiousness I am the one who crave from the grave And dig my last hole of joylessness
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we're going to look at the usage of infographics in comics as expositionary devices. Our panel for this comes from the comic Meatware by The Jagged. Specifically, we're looking at …
It's the essential building block of drama. You don't have a story without the basics of "someone wants something, and something's in the way of getting it."
Screenwriting books - books I really love and have given me a lot - will often say that amping up the conflict …