An alternate script

[qcjeph]

Sometimes people ask me about my writing process. It's not very interesting, actually- it just consists of sitting in front of my computer with a blank text editor file open, writing, deleting, and rearranging dialogue until I hit upon something I think is funny. Some days I get lucky and think of a comic in 30 seconds in the shower that morning,

Comments

[greyduck]

I think you made the right call, he said in fawningly sycophantic tones. It's funnier and in better character for all involved.

All I've been doing, barring a couple of special cases ("Kielbasa!" "Oooh, do it again.") is working backward from the punchline in a lazy organic fashion. It'd probably do me some good to actually get into the habit of playing with the script before shooting the panels... hmmm.

[qcjeph]

Man I absolutely CANNOT work backwards from punchlines! I have a whole file of random punchlines on my computer that I NEVER USE because I have yet to think of a way to work them into a comic. Maybe it's my OCD but I always have to start from panel 1 and go from there.

[qcjeph]

Also my random ideas file is just bizarre as hell sometimes

there is a single line that just says "WEAPONIZED BREASTS???????" and I have no memory of where it came from or why I put it there

[reme]

::snort::

[kdsorceress]

That sounds like a Pintsizeism. Or better yet --bring back the underwear ninja vs the bra pirate! YES!

~Sor

[unosuke]

sounds like the stuff I have in my Green Notebook of Insanity

[fleshmeatstg]

And now I'm trying to think of how someone could do a comic based on the chick robot from Tranzor Z.

[kilbia]

Did you write that down before or after this strip?

[gwalla]

I've seen that anime anyway.

[greyduck]

So far I've had mixed results setting up a situation and then trying to grow a punchline from it. Then again, I trade largely in terrible puns instead of character-oriented comedy, so we have a bit apples-and-oranges thing going on here, perhaps. (My ducks have characterization assigned to them, but I haven't really done much with that... yet. My lameassed excuse is that I'm only 50 comics into this whole thing. Yeah. *cough*)

I'm looking to dip my toes a bit more often in the character-driven-funny side of the pool after my big Christmas extravaganza completes, though, so this is still good food for thought.

At any rate: Keep on keeping on, good sir.

[brianarn]

I'm a coder, so I'll talk what I know, because this made me think of it

[mister_borogove]

1521 came close to no dialogue.