How Big Is Your Story?

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:50 pm

Kat North wrote:I'm not sure what Jim has planned for RotD, though.

Nothing big. Mild relationship junk, short storyarcs with only a little continuity overlap, and a silly little ending. Mostly just regular day-to-day type stuff.

Malediction · Post by **Malediction** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:59 pm

A lot of small storylines that are just now starting to lead into the main story, which should be fairly big comparatively but I doubt it'll last more than a couple of years.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:08 pm

I don't have an huge over-aching storyline.

My characters do change, develop and grow overtime though and I do have vague plans on what I want to do with most of the major characters.

Miruku · Post by **Miruku** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:32 pm

Definitely the over-arching kind.

What I'm trying to do with my comic is make it as true to life as I can. The way I figure it, real life doesn't generally seperate into smaller storylines very easily, and I'm choosing to represent that by letting all the plots overlap to create one large storyline that is a portion of my characters' lives.

Black Fox · Post by **Black Fox** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:36 am

Hmm...I'm on the big scale epic never-ending category I think. Well not really never-ending...I hope.

I have most of the major plot twists and the ending planned but I sometimes make it as I go in the case of getting from one point to the other.

Let's see now, I think the whole story should take about...emm...precisely...many years!

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:13 am

I have plans. BIG PLANS. Which I will surely fail to live up to!

Well, hopefully not. But my ogre story has to hit a whole lot of pre-ordained points and it's going to take me a long time if I want to cover them all.

Chaoticcomics · Post by **Chaoticcomics** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:26 am

We kind of use a major arc which is broken down into minor and major battles. We find it's easier to plan things according to who fights who and when.

Jeleyn · Post by **Jeleyn** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:12 am

I make mine as I go on, but I know what'll happen in the next three chapters kind of vaguely. I the basic stuff for what should happen in them but the writing and fleshing out is still waiting to be done.

I don't know, I have this mad plan to at least try to carry my main character through the 20th century to our day, how to do it, if at all is the issue. I have the vantage of my main character being a vampire so I can easily put my interest in history into the story. And also make the story as long as I want.

So I might know where I'm going I just don't know how. Funny part is that I'm on chapter six now and am just getting to the plot...

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Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:26 am

Astorauth is long-winded and planned to the T, with a shift once in a while, where I go foreword and rewrite half of what is going to happen because one tiny tweak effects the entire thing.

Doppies are story arcs of around 25-30 pages each. Basically ever two months we start a new story, completely unrelated to anything that happened before.

Escushion · Post by **Escushion** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:06 am

pierce studios wrote:Doppies are story arcs of around 25-30 pages each. Basically ever two months we start a new story, completely unrelated to anything that happened before.

Oh, that's why it hasn't updated.

Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:40 am

Escushion wrote:
pierce studios wrote:Doppies are story arcs of around 25-30 pages each. Basically ever two months we start a new story, completely unrelated to anything that happened before.
Oh, that's why it hasn't updated.

huh?

but... but.. we did update.... the next update is scheduled for monday... *looks confused* Or .... OH!.. you mean Astorauth >_>; Yes that's exactly why it hasn't updated. Although the plan is to have a page up tomorrow. >>; Plus I'm still working on the prologue redo. Gotten a bit further on that... wait.. you actually read it?

Sorcery101 · Post by **Sorcery101** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:18 am

It is kinda hard to tell right now, but sorcery 101 has long overarching story, and each smaller story arch is working builder up to somethign that happens later. I have everything planned out already. I'm not sure how long it will take me to complete though. At least 4 years, but probably more.

Guildmaster Van · Post by **Guildmaster Van** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:27 am

White Hydra will have Major Arcs and Minor Arcs, at least according to what I've scripted out.

The first major arc is the Draconigena Diablo arc, but it also contains a few mini-arcs inside it I've thought out, such as Runaway Bride Evelyn, Council of Shadows, and Hearken! The Prince Returns!

I've already got a few ideas for the major arcs after the one with the Draconigena, such as an arc where the lich assaults Evelyn's home forest, and one where they travel across the ocean.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:29 am

Angry D. Monkey is one big story with tons of little stories put in it. I can have one shot stuff, and also end up doing long stretching arcs. The biggest arc I'll probably have for this whole thing is when I get around to doing "Big Fight"

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:13 am

mine are pretty small usually. the latest one is kinda long, but usually they come out to less than twenty pages. seperated story arcs. my comic is designed more like a sitcom tv show.

The Snoo · Post by **The Snoo** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:20 am

I don't have a huge overarching plot line, but I do plan mini-arcs, and usually have one at least halfway plotted before I start drawing. Of course, the actuall strips themselves change everytime I start drawing, but the mini-arcs more or less stay consistent.

Netpoet · Post by **Netpoet** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:22 am

TTG is going to be done in chapters, almost like an illustrated novel if you will. So yeah, it's going to be rather HUGE... and considering chapter one alone will likely take another year and a half to complete, Michelle and I are in it for the long haul.

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Escushion · Post by **Escushion** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:03 pm

pierce studios wrote:
Escushion wrote:
pierce studios wrote:Doppies are story arcs of around 25-30 pages each. Basically ever two months we start a new story, completely unrelated to anything that happened before.
Oh, that's why it hasn't updated.
huh? but... but.. we did update.... the next update is scheduled for monday... *looks confused* Or .... OH!.. you mean Astorauth >_>; Yes that's exactly why it hasn't updated. Although the plan is to have a page up tomorrow. >>; Plus I'm still working on the prologue redo. Gotten a bit further on that... wait.. you actually read it?

Well I was until it stopped updating

. I also put it on my Fanart100 roster.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:15 pm

I just sort of make mine up as I go along - but lately I've been planning more.
When I first started, I mostly went along comic by comic - I knew what was happening a few comics ahead of what I was drawing, but that was about it. For this reason, the first couple chapters seem a bit disjointed and don't make a whole lot of sense, I think. I'm fixing this in the comic books (hopefully the first one out late this summer, whee!).
Now, though, I've got this whole chapter planned out to its end - and have ideas for the next one. I don't have each individual comic scripted or anything - I just make the details up as I go along - but I know exactly where I'm going with everything, so it's much easier to write&draw each strip than it was before.

Picatrix · Post by **Picatrix** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:34 pm

Mine is pretty epic and everything is planned out to the end, but it's a pretty open end... just in case I can't let go when the time comes

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