The Writing Thread

[Cedric_Eff]

A few pages back I asked about comic writing. I've come across two challenges. The 5 hour comic challenge, and the 24 hour comic challenge. Both are the same concept. Make a 5-10 page comic in 5 hours. And make a 24 page comic in 24 hours.

I can't do a full, uninterupted 24 hour stint (even 5 hours is pushing it) but I'm thinking of trying one of these with a "non-consecutive" rule but keeping the spirit of the challenge.

I have a few outlines for "story", though 5-10 pages of decompressed story telling doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room. One small problem is the sketch pads I can find are all a5, with a4 paper only coming in massive reams that I have no use for. I can make do.

The one advice I have regarding a challenge like this is that when it comes to writing compressed stories, you want a story that has a jo-ha-kyu like structure. Begin, break, and speed up and end swiftly. A dramatic sudden feel. But that's for the 5 hour comic challenge.

When it comes down to the 24 hour ones, you want to come up with a story on the spot you can commit to. Pencil the story, ink everything. Another trick is no colors, use screentones/Deleter tones. (unless the challenge explicitly states color).