writefag thread

I write Gravity Falls fanfic. Most of them involve Mabel suffering

>>93275046
I'm writing a story specifically for /co/ where Batman wants to dick Superwoman. It's neat.

I have a few Batman fics in mind, yet can't seem to find the time/motivation to do them.

>>93275046
I only have one fanfic, but it isn't written down and it belongs on /a/

I'm working on a story that I mean to turn I to a comic when it's finished. The issue with reading lots of comics is that no matter what you write, you'll always find similarities with other stories. I'm struggling to keep this different from a Runaways and X-Men crossover. All original cast, but fairly low powered with the most uncounterable power not having much practical use in the type of story this is (nobody remembers him, ever. They don't see him in photos, they don't know he's there. None of the cast will aknowledge him. For the first few chapters I'll sprinkle background hints like an extra pair of shoes at the door or an extra setting at the diner table, until the reveal that he's been there so even the audience doesn't notice him.)
It's going well, if slowly. Walking the fine line between "different enough to not be a copy of any other work" and "nonsensical character choices for diversity's sake".

>>93275173
Gib link my dude

I'm a writer. I do some fapfics and an ongoing novel four volumes deep. I won't shill the novel, and only one fic is slightly /co/ related.

>>93275810
It ain't done yet. I'm writing it first with Bruce and CLARK, then changing all the parts with Clark to Clara so I know I'm writing just a feminine Superwoman.

When it comes to fan fic, I only write intentionally shitty over the top fics in an attempt to master the art of shit writing that people can mistaken for intentionally written fiction that is just bad.

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>>93276024
I'll be waiting on you to finish

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>>93275147

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I'm planning to write a series of Iron Man books. I'm studying physics/engineering, so I want to be confident enough in my knowledge to add some realism to the whole thing.

Anyway, I'm writting the rough patch, but essentially it'd start fairly grounded, and be more focused on the industrial aspect of Tony. As time goes on, he'd start developing new tech, and the world would get crazier. The super-heroics would follow, and as soon as I hit the transhuman/extremis point, it'd turn full on Asimov.

Using that angle I'd also take an Immortal-esque Tony to the future for some Star Trek/Dune type of stories.

I could go into more detail.

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>>93275147
Doing Godswork anon

>>93276546
>I could go into more detail.
Please go on. And what villains will be involved?

What makes a story YA?

>>93276636
Mature themes without explicit content. Talking about sexual relationship but not involving sex, for example.

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>>93276624
Alright, we start off with Tony inheriting his father's modest arms company. I'll bump it a bit and have his grandpa being in WWII. The series picks up in 2020, with Tony 30 yo and having turned Stark Ammunitions into Stark Industries, which is US based but has some plants in Europe & Asia.

The origin is the same as in the books (shrapnel) but Tony's first suit looks like the Ultimate one and requires some effort to get into it, as it's not that well-developed yet.

Mutants don't exist in this world, but the Ultimates do and they're SHIELD's secret team. SHIELD's headed by White Fury & is a global organization. Captain America was based on Fury's WWII adventures, but was turned into an in-universe comic-book alongside other characters.

Anyway, for at least a while the stories would be very "boardroom-focused". Pepper and Happy would get more character, we'd get some corporate plots, stuff like that. Very "Mad Men". The starting villains would be reworked versions of Crimson Dynamo, Titanium Man (Asian in this version), Radioactive Man, Ghost, etc, etc. Really play on the politics angle.

As time moves on, we'd move to some shady conspiracy stuff. A reworked HYDRA, AIM, and the Intelligencia would play a big role. Meanwhile, Stark's suit would continue to evolve.

At the mean time, I'd have Doom be closely tied to him, rework the Maker, and make the Mandarin more in tune with his Armored Adventures concept. Bring in his half-brother Gregory into the mix as well. Maybe do something with Arno.

Eventually we'd hit the point of Extremis, and then we'd go into some Bioshock/Asimov stuff with futuristic cities, forced changes and whatnot. Really focus on transhumanism.

Eventually humanity would advance too much since all this comic-book tech would have an impact in the world, and we'd get some Star Trek plots with Tony being the frontrunner of space exploration. I'd work the Director of SHIELD bit at some point as well.

[cont]

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>>93276786
The most important thing would be Stark's character, who I'd return back to his roots. He'd be a conservative and a capitalist who values Western values.

He wants to abolish war, but he's not in favor of assimilating cultures, for some things are best left seperate. Basically the "everyone in his corner" view. As time goes on and humanity progresses he would use his growing power to get rid of stuff he deems backwards and harmful to humanity.

Also, I'd drop the overused atheist bit and return him back to his Deist/Secular Christian roots. It wouldn't be a major plot-point, but it'd add a bit to the stories. Another change would be that while his father's side is of German descent, his mom would be Greek. It'd play a role with Gregory being more of a Nord and featuring the class of ideologies and cultures.

Basically my Tony would be a serious and calculating guy who has some trouble truly connecting with people, but he genuinely enjoys life and so he'd get around with the ladies. I'd tackle alcoholism at some point and his relationship with his parents, but I'd leave out depression.

One major change would be that I'd turn Rhodey into more of an antagonist rather than a friend. He'd be a US General who'd slowly climb the ranks and eventually become the US President. Maybe rework Justin Hammer as Stark's Osborn as well.

>>93276636
teenage girls and their love interests.

>>93276458
You're reading a post

>>93275046
Im not writing a straight up fanfic.

It's kind of shitting on a IP but it's not a fanfic.

All fanfics are shitty, now that's out of the way tell me about your shittty OC

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Writer Here.

As comic readers with experience under your belts (you guys are literally the authority), I want to propose a few questions directed your way.

To set the stage, the tone of the universe can be thought of as The Authortiy's unvierse although much much smaller in scale (rarely going beyond the planet until later in the series).When introducing items/technology into the world, do I need to provide a sufficient explanation or can I just say "Anti-Grav boots" and not have to go any further.

I appreciate what Warren Ellis does, wherein he attempts to explain the science or internal logic to an extent on how this stuff works (his creator stuff is filled with this), or can I just adopt the mantra, "shut up and go with it", assuming that I don't introduce anything too shithouse.

Concepts Present in Comic
>Physics with huge handicaps as a result of theirpowers.
>Reality Warpers are treated as the end all/be all of threats (cause they can literally rewrite the rules).
>Anti-Grav Boots.
>Indestructible Costumes
>Secret Governments
>Hero Legislation
>No Clear Explanation for Powers (spontaneious apeparance in 1950s with no explanation).
>Heroes fueled by faith.
>Taking someone with Plastic Man's powers and "going for gold!".
>Supertech in teh police department so they're just as effective towards criminals as they are heroes (because it always fucking seems that when a hero goes "rogue" is when the police force magically becomes competent. Fuck that noise).
>Duplication Machine
>Multiversal exploration.
>Speedsters based on accelerating their metabolism, leading to their subjective experience of slowing down time.
>Varieties of Teleportation (instantaneous transport, throwing molecules, within universe portal hopping).
>NO TIME TRAVEL (that's just a can of worms).

I feel like most of this stuff is pretty reasonable and shouldn't require an in-universe explanation (hopefully). If not, point out the stuff that might cause issues.

>>93279599
>do I need to provide a sufficient explanation or can I just say "Anti-Grav boots" and not have to go any further.
Personally I don't care for hearing pseudo science behind fictional technology. I think just outlining clearly defined limitations and methods of use lend plenty of credibility when the need arises.

>>93279599
Only the most hard of asses will pick a part anything in a work of fiction. So I don't believe you need to worry about it too much one thing you do need to watch out for is having them think the setting takes place in the "real world"

Working on something that I would like to turn into a cartoon; failing that, I would probably just write it as a novel series or something.

In an alternate future, the world has been devastated - both from the stalemated Third World War between the United States and a surviving Soviet Union, and a series of natural disasters and plagues called "the Tribulation". The Middle East and much of the Indian Subcontinent have been reduced to radioactive wasteland. The third world is in a state of anarchy as nations collapse and terrorism runs rampant. Millions have died, and the superpowers stand on the brink of nuclear annihilation. And now, supernatural entities set loose by the carnage set to work bringing about the apocalypse.

In the face of these threats, a secret group within the US government and military work to combat these paranormal entities and their human proxies before they can destroy the world.

The main villain is essentially a Nyarlathotep/Randall Flagg type figure; a demon that can take multiple forms at once and inflicts suffering largely for personal amusement. World War III and the Tribulation are revealed to have been his doing (he was able to orchestrate the Middle Eastern crisis that started the war, and the Tribulation was the result of powerful magic set loose by Islamic terrorists under his thrall). He now seeks to destroy the world for good, using his many forms to push the world toward a final nuclear conflict that will set even worse abominations than himself loose into this Universe.

>>93280232

The nations of the world are bound by treaty to keep the existence of the paranormal a secret, and are only allowed to utilize paranormal phenomena for the purpose of combating paranormal threats.

A major element of the show are magical artifacts and creatures left behind by an advanced alien race that visited Earth millions of years in the past. Little is known about these beings, but many of the technologies they left behind are extremely powerful, and much of the alternate Cold War was fought over which side would control these artifacts.

Another major element of this show would be an ambiguously benevolent being codenamed BLUE PEACOCK. At the beginning of the series, it's existence is only vaguely alluded to by the higher-ups of the US occult intelligence community , who refer to them as their "most reliable intelligence asset". It is only later revealed that BLUE PEACOCK is a godlike being residing in multiple dimensions, and is thus able to view multiple possible futures. For unknown reasons, it chooses to communicate to humanity via the FEATHERS - young women who receive visions of possible futures in their dreams. These visions are then usually used by whatever group is in possession of the FEATHER to guide events toward the future they want. Usually only one or two FEATHERS exist in the world at any given time, and most rarely live past the age of twenty, as the (often horrific) visions they receive often provoke insanity and suicide. FEATHERS possess multiple other powers, including telepathy and telekinesis. Due to their powers and rarity, FEATHERS are highly sought after by pretty much every player in the supernatural world. At the start of the series, World War IV almost breaks out in what's left of Pakistan as the US, the USSR, China, India, Iran, the Paki government, assorted Islamic terrorists, and cultists all try to seize a FEATHER.

i just write gay oc stuff
occasionally i write scifi stuff and whatever, but thats about it

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>>93280268

As for characters, I've really only thought of a few:

> A squad of hardened CIA SAD/SOG operators
> A pair of FBI agents
> A 14-year old FEATHER in US custody

Aside from that, I write the occasional Lapiven rape greentext. I've thought of turning one or two into a full-fledged fanfic. Pic related is part one of the greentext I think would probably translate into a fanfic best among what I've done (this or the foot worship one).

>>93276636
That's actually kinda broad question. I mean you can have a story that's more adult that young or vice versa. Do you have an idea for a YA story?

>>93275046
I'm working on a Transformers fanfic! I don't have a story, just characters arcs I'm playing connect the dots with. I made this character after watching Sailor Moon, which made me really want to write a female MC. They're way better than dudes.

>>93276785
I put sex in my story. Am I /oldadult/ now?

Backstory:
The princess is just a child, but the adult Seekers can see that she's on the path to greatness. She's intelligent, curious, positive, independent, and the beneficiary of a kind and caring father who she loves and looks up to. When she grows up, she will easily step into leadership and effectively push the Seeker agenda onto Cybertron.

But instead of meeting the faction's expectations, she falls off the path. She forms a gang of Decepticons and leads them in a machiavellian style. The target of her mischief is the Tripredacus Company, who she believes is behind her father's sudden death when she was a child.

The Ruler of Cybertron, a flying Autobot, sends his most trusted special agent after her. She reads him easily, the insecurities behind his tough expression, and sees an easy pawn, but he proves not to be so easy, which not only surprises her, but turns her on. Not to be outdone, she tries to break him with sex, but by then it was too late. He had already sown enough discord and outwitted her just enough to get her captured and her gang disbanded.

(1/2)

>>93281289
(2/2)

Spin off series/More backstory:
Her Seeker connections save her from prison, but she is exiled instead. In exile, she wanders deep into the wasteland of Cybertron, where she meets a spirit who gives her a broken magical item and sends her on a mission to fix it.

She forms a new gang by rescuing girls she finds enslaved by an evil contractor who is digging up the wasteland looking for ancient artifacts. Her father had collected ancient artifacts too. He explained to her that artifacts were wisdom from the past that should be safeguarded. Was there something else that she didn't get the chance to learn from her father? Could that be why her leadership failed against the special agent?

She fares no better against the contractor. She gets stopped at every turn, but the girls don't stop believing in her. They love her and look up to her, and something about that is familiar to her and starts getting her to care. On the brink of defeat, the magical item lets her see her father again, who helps her realize that a true leader sees her squad not as pawns, but as friends.

As friends, they finally beat the contractor, and they find out who had contracted them: The Tripredacus Company.

Main show:
Now more powerful than ever, she breaks her exile by returning to the capital with her friends, intent on stopping the Tripredacus Company for good.

THE END

I have many other characters with crazy backstories, but this one is probably my favorite.

I like how the backstory is pages long, but I don't have shit for the main show. Hey, mr. professional writer >>93279599, is that good or bad?

I mostly write voltron fics rn. I go in the threads and do requests from time to time (Pidge's robot double and a Lotor/shiro rape fic are my favorites so far and I plan on making a full story for the former)
On ao3 I've got a galra prince Keith au going called birthright.

>>93275046
>Can't draw worth a damn.
>Have an idea that's incredibly visual.
But yeah I'm outlining it as of now, trying to find the right script format for it to be done in.

Plot is about the two best of friends and nerds discovering a book of genuine magic. Hi jinks ensue until one half of them lets the powers go to his head and starts killing people and summoning monstrous beasts from the very pits of hell.

Story then turns into a adventure where two out of shape skinny losers start trying to blast each others heads off, one because he thinks the world owes him for all the "pain" it caused him and the other one to stop what is clearly an unstable lunatic.

Plot wise because art is kind of a none factor now I want it to be an examination of basically what makes an asshole and what makes a fundamentally decent person.

The main character and the antagonist aren't the good and bad guy because they're nerds who largely stick to themselves and aren't good with girls.They're the hero and the villain because of who they are fundamentally inside.

It's also why I intend for the story to end kind of sadly for the hero.

>>93279599
>do I need to provide a sufficient explanation or can I just say "Anti-Grav boots"

This is how I would approach it knowing nothing else about your intentions.

Just say anti-grav boots unless how the technology works is supposed to be a key plot point. For example of the principle behind anti-grav boots will be used later to improvise some kind of weapon against the bad guy or solution to a problem, then it would be good to explain it so you can have a nice setup and payoff. Another example would be the principle behind the technology being a metaphor for a theme in your story or something. So, for example, you would explain how magnets work if you're writing a story where one of the themes is "opposites attract".

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Not /co/ related, but I'm thinking of doing a FMA x Michiko and Hatchin crossover fic

>>93275046
Underrated filename. I only do g/a/yshit at the moment. Considered doing Pidge/Allura for Voltron but fuck dealing with that fandom.

I don't have any steel doughnut writing planned for the next couple years.

>>93281543
>It's also why I intend for the story to end kind of sadly for the story
Why?

I really need to find a writer. Trying to come up with an animated series that can be done on YT in the style of aqua teen or explosm or leo and satan.

>>93281634
I never liked the cliche of guy does the right thing and suddenly the world starts sucking his dick.

It's astoundingly common in works where the main character is a nerdy loser. It comes off as, instead of them doing the right thing because it's the right thing, they did it to make people like them. Which is admittedly why a lot of people do the right thing but still.

So instead of becoming a hero to his hometown, the dude erases himself from the timeline and fucks off to save other people.

>>93281332
There is obviously a lot of lore that you've established, but I would consider breaking it into smaller chunks with you elaboraing more on key scenes.
>Why did she form the Deceptacon team? Does she genuinely care for their agenda? How did she rise to power?
>How did she gain the intel leading her to her main suspect?
Just stuff like that. Be prepared to elaborate. But other than that sounds like you got a strong enough outline. As my teachers would always say, "Keep Going!".

>>93281663
I do stand up every now and again. I might be able to help you out, anon.

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I write goofy, light-hearted shipping fics about Big Hero 6, The Flash show, Voltron LD, Miraculous Ladybug, and the Teen Titans cartoon.
I also do some original stuff

>>93282048
Coolbeans dude. If you can mail me here and i'll get back to you:
[email protected]

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>>93281835
>the dude erases himself from the timeline and fucks off to save other people.
What?

>>93282198
That's how it ends.

It's taking the idea of, you did the right thing and nobody knows, to the furthest extreme possible.

>>93275046
I mostly just write fanfic for fun. Sometimes, I post it on fanfiction sites, but most of them just sit in my files never to be released on the internet.

Also, Don't you guys hate it when the fanfiction that you put the most work into is less popular than the one that you wrote in 30 minutes. All the readers want is fetish bait.

>>93282726
a lot of readers just probably want their ships to be told, but want someone else to do it

>>93275046
I've been fighting this autistic urge to write an X-men fic about an OC and using the shame as fuel to work on something original.

>>93275046
I'm working on a couple of stories. The first is a novel which I am playing to publish by the end of the year. The second is a New X-Men story which centers around Surge, Hellion, Elixir and Blindfold, although other young heroes will certainly play a part. Yes that does include Quire, however, in this one he is much more of a 'threat' rather than the 'Next Wolverine' shit that Aaron and other writers have tried to pull. Also, the Hellfire Brats will have a part, and I am honestly looking forward to that.

Now, the novel I won't go too in depth about, but the idea of it a work which subverts much of the tropes and archetypes commonly found within YA novels now a days. It is a story about identity, specifically sexual and gender identity and not confining to the norms.

My X-Men idea is something which works around that as well. Basically, I take these characters and while at first I bring them into typical hero adventures and tackle some of the unresolved plot points in the X-Franchise, especially concerning Blindfold's predictions about Hellion, Young Avengers, Avengers Academy and Arena. I will also try and bring in some forgotten characters like some of the one's introduced in the 1993 Marvel Annuals.

The cast's development will not just be psychological, it will also be in their powers, with Hellion and Elixir slowly gaining control of their god like abilities, Surge gaining more power and Blindfold dealing with some... problems that David could not have foreseen. As their powers develop, the four will slowly begin to partake in more 'surreal' adventures like in Claremont's New Mutants when they got up to the Demon Bear.

Although not related to this board, I do have some Doctor Who stories planned in my mind which reintroduces and reinterprets certain characters like the Guardians of Black and White as well as the Celestial Toymaker

Bumping this thread.

>>93275046
I've always wanted to write a superhero from Atlantis who had powers that weren't just "water guy". Just a story that treated Atlantis as just the setting, and have a kid get powers, and do the Spider-man type thing. Give it some cool world building, and some light fantasy politic's to go with it

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>>93275173
I recall you mentioning it earlier this week.
I can't wait.

Someone should drawreq the OP image with Clara. She WOULD be a writer...

>>93284300
Here's an idea. If you are going to do Atlantis, an Iron Man twist would be great or bar that, do something like the Michael Scott books (The Alchemist) where the inhabitants were gods whose island was sunk into the ocean. After all, the appeal of Atlantis is that it is a lost civilization with great technology. So, making it race of powerful, intelligent creatures could be very appealing and could help to create a very unique hero.

>>93275046
Here's 2 fics I wrote:

Girl With the Lightning Bolt (Carol Danvers): http://archiveofourown.org/works/7926028

Lost Memories (reflective piece set during Civil War movie): http://archiveofourown.org/works/7194098

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Working on a Spider-Man fanfic that's scripted in the standard 22-page format. I have about thirty issues planned, along with a Mighty Avengers spinoff in the works. Mentioned it a few months back in another thread, but I doubt anybody remembers.

Basically explores Spider-Man and a handful of BND characters and boils down to a knee-jerk reaction to OMD defenders that those characters would not work unless Spider-Man was single.

It explores Peter's morality and how far he's willing to go to protect his loved ones. It also delves into Peter's rapidly adding responsibilities. Not only is he a scientist and father now, he is also a teacher and mentor to a now teenager Cindy Moon. (Who later becomes Silk down the line, which is also Peter's responsibility.) It puts Peter is a more take of actually taking on a sidekick, and has him deal with the consequences of both killing Doc Ock to save his daughter, telling the Avengers he doesn't regret it, and taking on a sidekick.

I'll elaborate a bit more if anybody is interested.

>>93283012
I've written a story with the Eighth Doctor, and Jean Grey as companion: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7670044

What Doctor Who stories have you written?

More?

>>93282652
just make sure that has some kind of sufficient build-up. If your explanation happened too close to the end it might come up as sort of an ass-pull.

>>93284903
They are mainly half finished scripts or plot outlines, One of them is where the Guardians are more developed a bit more as characters, rather than just concepts. I also introduce the idea that their physical forms mean little to nothing and they'll go whatever they think is appropriate, regardless of age, sex or gender. For example, if they were in the 80s, Black would dress up as someone like Dream or Death, while White would have a very White Duke appearance.

>>93285171
>They are mainly half finished scripts or plot outlines
I got a goddamn notebook full of them

One thing I've been working on is with a guy who dresses as a gunslinger and hellboy tough with a few gadgets like mud grenades, a Native American girl who has the powers of Vixen, and her grandpa that's pretty much Fleischer superman in his prime.

Does combining horror with action/semi-superhero shit ever work?

>>93285257
Depends, what do you have in mind?

>>93284858
I recognize that poorly traced art

>>93285323
Well, I'm trying something similar to Hellblazer except somewhat more action-oriented.

>>93284858
I'm up to Issue 19 right now. Just finished a two-issue arc regarding the Wraith (a heavily re-imagined Yuri Watanabe) and I'm heading into a Mysterio arc where he's tricked himself with his own illusions. After that, Peter and his family go to Houston and reintroduce Kaine (He and Aracely are proving to be a LOT of fun to write) and we transition into a Silver Sable arc.

>>93285387
It's possible. Dead Space 2 and Resident evil 4 were horror action and I replayed the hell out of it.

I'm not sure how to help you writing wise, but I'd suggest to make sure that the main character feels fairly hopeless in making out of whatever the situation is for the most part.

>>93285227
I feel that, don't worry...

I just don't like publishing fanfiction if that makes sense. I don't know what it is, but I feel a bit dirty if I do so.

>>93285257
Read Miracleman. That is a horror story disguised in the skin of a classic British Superhero.

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>>93281980
Oh, you bet I can elaborate! There's just not enough room!

>Why did she form the Deceptacon team? Does she genuinely care for their agenda? How did she rise to power?
She was always on the path to leadership (due to being raised well and raised by Seekers, who were already an elite leading faction on Cybertron), and she was smarter than everybody else, and she was a princess, so she just kind of gained a natural following, which she then got to do stuff for her. Her following is not of older, tougher, smarter Decepticons, but of her dumber peers who are probably thirsty for her.

She doesn't care about any Decepticon agenda. In fact, there is no Decepticon agenda. They are a totally disorganized faction, which is why the Seekers split from them.

>How did she gain the intel leading her to her main suspect?
She doesn't have any specific intel. It's just a conspiracy that she has cooked up based on a number of factors that are more interesting to read about through other backstories. I'll just share more details about her father's death since that's not covered, but is important.

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>>93285227
>>93285646
Couple rapid fire little ones to get started
>Mutagenisis Inc: Shady web company provides drugs that claim to help with a slew of problems but instead inflict horrible mutations, literal genie style

>Vendetta: Sons and grandsons of old Italian mobsters run afoul of the Cartel while vacationing in Mexico and decide to get back to their roots

>Inferno: Humans scientists come out of 6 year coma as a result of a transhumanist experiment. Turns out having your consciousness rubbing up against 7 other people unprotected is not nearly as pleasant as it seems. Their minds merge into a single, body hopping entity bent on spreading the pain it experienced to as many people as possible. (Think Event Horizon with transhumanism if you're lost)

>Gopnik: Russian Trailer Park Boys

>Blood Oath: Man wakes up after one night stand to find the girl has bound a demon to his soul who will drag his soul to hell if he doesn't kill all the girls enemies within three days. Girl was a victim of a Satanic Sex trafficking ring and the demon provides increased strength, speed and senses.

>>93285490

I wish I was good enough to write 19 issues worth of stories. Mostly been writing down random plot ideas and little scenes. Just got to put it all together into a story. Do you have any tips for writing about characters that aren't your own? I would love to write fanfiction someday, or actually pitch some stories to a big comic book company.

>>93287071
I'm not that anon but in regards to writing characters that already exist, I would say to just get your hands on whatever you can that has that character in it and study them. Even if different writers interpret characters in their own way, there's almost always a common thread. What are the characters' core values? How do they act when things get rough? What's their typical manner of speech? Get a complete map of your character or characters and then figure out how far you can stretch them in your own writing, only going as far as you logically can with them. For instance: Usually Spongebob wouldn't just murder somebody in cold blood for no reason. If you wanted to go that direction and make it seem in character, you'd need to build a list of reasons for why Spongebob committed murder. That's how I approach it anyway. Just like in any other story your characters should be consistent, have reasons for doing what their doing, and definitely need to always be in service to the story.

>>93286849
All of these sound interesting.

My stories are a bit less original. Mainly what I do is I get a particular genre or a franchise and I look at the tropes and characters associated with it. Then, I work from that, creating characters and stories related to that, then mix up various mythologies or ideas from other mythologies or genres.

>>93287316

Lol there was that one episode where they thought they killed a food inspector with a rotten krabby patty, thats kind of like murder I guess? But anyway thanks for the tips. I'd like to write stuff about Spiderman or other super heroes someday, but there's so much material to read and so many continuites. Its hard figuring out what to write about, since I feel if I had an idea, its probably been done already. So right now I'm just tinkering with some ideas of my own.

>>93275046
I'm not writing a fanfic.

Been bouncing around an idea in my head of writing a fighting game plot except playing it completely straight.

>>93287510
Yeah exactly! That all fits in with his character and ends up being a great episode. With someone like Spiderman it would be a good idea to choose who you're writing about and then coming up with a base idea of what his character should be like. After that you could probably post here, or any other website that deals with /co related stuff, if there are any incarnations that fit. Or I'm sure there's wiki's for Marvel and Spiderman in general, plus reading Wikipedia, should start giving you some starting points for what you're looking for.
Like every story, fan-fic or not, if you want it to be good, interesting, and fun to read, it's always good to do as much research as possible and really soak in it. Lots of pre-planning, reading, and thinking go a looong way.
As for stuff that's already been done before...that's everything anon! The nice thing is that most stuff has been done already anyway, the key to writing a unique story is putting your voice and perspective on it. This again requires thought and care, but you can always put an interesting spin on something that's already been done before! Plus the key to writing, or anything in the universe, is just to do it! I know what it's like to sit around and think that you're servicing yourself by being patient and waiting, but you're actually stifling yourself! It's better to just start now and get those words to the page rather than stew on something that will never actually happen. Another nice thing about writing is the editing process, going through and fixing whatever things you need to, and that is always a huge chunk of the craft and I think you spend better time in post ironing out the kinks, rather than trying to get something down with no kinks at all (But that's just me.)
I'm rambling now so I'll shut up!

Bump for saving this thread, I've got a novel in the works (more than 2/3rds of the way done!) that's kinda /co/-related, I'll post more about it tomorrow.

>>93287071
>>93287316

This anon speaks the truth. Make sure that they remain consistent with their characterizations so that they don't act out of character. (When I started writing this story, I heavily studied JMS Spider-Man, Kraven's Last Hunt and Conway Spidey to get a grasp of the best parts of Peter's personality, and picked certain elements that I wanted to expand upon)

For example, Spider-Man can kill, he has before. But it can't just happen out of left field. It has to have a build-up, as well as an internal conflict and the repercussions of the incident can't simply be ignored. I like to have the consequences stretch and build up over time, and have mulitple events build up on each other.

Gonna use an example from my story. (Issues #2-4)

Building action:

>A dying Doc Ock blitzes Peter's home and kidnaps MJ and their daughter.

The climax:

>Peter tracks him down and they fight.
>Peter takes down Ock, but Ock's tentacle lunges towards Annie.
>In desperation, Peter kills Ock.

The Consequences:

>Most of Peter's close friends who know his secret are disturbed.
>Peter suffers a moral crisis over what he's done
>The Mighty Avengers decide to keep a close eye on Peter and put him under surveillance.
>Peter steels his resolve, determining that while he did a bad thing, it was for a good cause, and vows to live with his actions.

(1/2)

>>93287354
To give you a hint, pretty much all of these are inspired by something else, you just have to grind off the serial numbers so it seems like your idea.

>Here's a more developed one
>Jack is a Los Angeles area mack decides to flip on his criminal Syndicate because they killed his best girl
>Unbeknownst to the Syndicate, Jack is a Canadian national so part of his immunity deal is that in exchange for his testimony he get no jail time but a deportation and restriction from re-entering the U.S.
>He gets himself set up again in Montreal, staying out of big time criminal endeavors, mostly just loan sharking
>Trouble is he's bored to tears

At the same time...
>Daniel is a Canadian college student who has begun to suspect that his nymphomaniac roommate/sort of girlfriend is a prostitute.
>She vanishes before he can confront her.
>Daniel decides to go looking, having convinced himself that a vast conspiracy is taking place in Montreal.
>The night he decides to take the investigation to the streets he runs a foul of some pimps who don't appreciate people asking questions
>Jack just so happens to be in the area and messily murders them

>Daniel convinces Jack to assist him in his quest, Jack only agrees because he wants to carve out his slice of the vice money pie in Montreal.
>Shenanigans ensue

>Jack is a basically a taller, less ugly and more professional version of Mel Gibsons character in the film Payback
>Daniels part of the story comes in part from that webcomic about young people fucking each other in Quebec, gritted up a notch or twelve.
There is no shame in drawing inspiration
and a mack is like a pimp that works for the hooker as apposed to a pimp which has hookers working for them

>>93287071
>>93287316
>>93287842

These consequences will continue to affect Peter as the series goes on.

More subplots continue to build. (Issues #5-7)

>Peter has to save Cindy's life, but in the process gives her his powers and a cancerous healing factor.
>She has to takes pills that become a minor subplot.
>Peter feels that she is now his responsibility and decides to take her under his wing as Silk.

Now all of the pieces have come together. (Issues 8 and 9)

>Iron Man feels that Peter, a man with a shiny new kill count and a questionable mental state, should not be raising impressionable teenagers.
>Mighty Avengers take Silk under their control, with the promise of looking into fixing her overclocking healing factor, which goes as well as one would expect.
>Peter has to fight Iron Man as Tony tries to keep Silk from leaving the team, thus justifying both sides of the argument.
>Also serves a sort of commentary on the current state of 616 on how they're not being heroes if all they do is argue among themselves.
>YAAS QUEEN leaves the team.

Also, a fair point, let the characters act like rational adults. Have them call each other out, but when a character hasn't done anything wrong, they speak like real people. (I kind of break this rule, but Peter fights Tony out of emotional stress rather than just "the plot demanded it."

Finally, everything comes to a head in Issues #11-16. I haven't released these chapters yet, so I can't say much, but most of the series subplots at this point do wrap up with some exceptions.

Not a fanfic I just write original scripts for graphic novels and one ongoing I guess sort of thing that sit in My Documents because I can't draw.

>>93287853
That's the thing. I get that you can inspiration from things. However, where I get my inspirations, at least from my viewpoint are quite obvious. So what I am learning to do is adding enough of my own fingerprints that the obviousness isn't as clear as it once was.

>fanfics
This is the kind of shit that results in /co/ being the butt of jokes on every other board.
Stop that.

>>93289248
Fuck off.

>>93289232
or just boil the original down to its base elements and just expand on the stuff you like.
>>93289248
Since the death of /b/, /co/ is one of the last of the Ancient and Venerable boards alongside /a/

>>93289248
Listen, the reason for this is that some of us want to be successful at this stuff. So having someone go over it and discuss it is great as we can improve. If you don't like it than as >>93289258 said, fuck off. No one is making you stay here.

>>93289232
That's always a really good thing. One last thing real quick. I think it helps if you can think of these characters as real people with ongoing feelings, thoughts, hopes, dreams, problems, bathroom issues, lazy days, and whatnot. I feel that it makes things easier if you think of them in that way because it makes the ideas of how they should act come out as more natural and at that point logic is really hard to defy. I feel that it's way way better to have too much info about a character and not be able to write everything in then not enough to fill out a page. Even thinking about dumb stuff like: What would it be like if Spiderman, Iron-Man, and Deadpool had a sleepover? Picture every stupid situation. The fights over pizza toppings, where they are going to sleep for the night, the talks about serious things as they gaze at the stars, Deadpool complaining that there's no Mt. Fizz drink, Spiderman's trip to the bathroom because the burritos were undercooked. Even goofy stuff like that can help you understand a character. If you make them seem realistic you can dial it back to suit your needs, which is way easier than realizing you don't have enough to fill the page.
Okay I'm done, I swear.

>>93289287
>Since the death of /b/, /co/ is one of the last of the Ancient and Venerable boards alongside /a/

That is just delusional.

>>93289299
>some of us want to be successful at this stuff

Then you're really going about it the wrong way.

I'm writing a story about how I want to fucking die. It's a zig-zagging tapestry of a narrative that presents itself in the style of a big that I made on your floor. Also it's Choose-Your-Own-Adventure.

>>93289477
also I'm chinese and a robot and mentally challenged

>>93289395
Could you expand on what you said here then? I'd be very interested in hearing about the best way to become successful at writing? This is text so don't take this the wrong way, I'm not being condescending, or rude, or mean. I'm just curious to hear what you have to say.

>>93289513
Shitposting on indo-chinese macrame stop motion loli enthusiast forums is not the best way to improve at writing.

>>93289477
>>93289495
Of a big...what? Lego Set Piece that you spent hours meticulously creating? A piece of art that takes into account the correct form and posture of Lilly from your alternate universe retelling of Sinbad? Pasta that you added a special sauce, one that you found on the web and had a 4.5 rating so it must be good, to? A song that relays your feelings towards the monstrous way we treat beavers, who as you're concerned should have every right to the earth that we do, in this society? What I'm dying to know?!

>>93289558
You are correct! The best way to get better at writing is to write. Of course, once you're done with your meticulously scripted hieroglyphics there's an extra step, usually. You must send it out into the world for all to see and judge; telling you every step of the way that your characters are awful, and your plot was weak. That's when you slowly force yourself back home to your porch and fall face-down on the wood. Sobbing silently into the planks because your ideas were shot down.
Of course, before you even write the story you must start with an idea, and what better place to test that kernel of thought then by coming here, and anonymous message board? ! You can pitch the dumbest idea in the universe and see if anybody, even /co, is interested in it. You can see what others are doing and trade ideas, build your story with the helps of others, and rocket your way to success after receiving advise from others! A place to learn or at least ask questions, and the best part? If you're ridiculed who the hell cares?! You don't have a name! You can just come back tomorrow and everybody will have forgotten your dumb question. Of course everybody is different, and some things will work better for some and not for others at all. That's life, the world, everything. This can be a good, non-intimidating place to start for some. I can find value in that. I'm not sure why you can't.

“Rick!” Morty bleeted.
“Rick it’s happening again! That’s what I came down here to tell you!”
Morty danced a dance of immense frustration. His throbbing mass eagerly pressed against his pants, causing a tent to form. The female Gazorpazorp laughed and mocked Morty endlessly. Rick only added to Morty’s humiliation.
“Look at the thing! Look at it throb! Granted, my view on anatomy has changed over the years, but it’s definitely the smallest erect penis in the universe.”
Morty was blushing and trying to muster a retort.
“Yeah, in this universe, but what about the others? There’s got to be a Morty somewhere with a nine inch erect cock and killer abs!”
“There’s also the universe where you’re a cock loving faggot, too Morty. Oh wait, it’s this one. Now it’s time to put that shit spewing mouth to work. L-L-LICK MY BALLS! Haha, say that all the time!”
Rick produced his chapped testicles, only the saliva of a Morty could properly soothe. Morty’s soft supple lips eclipsed the head of the penis, while his hands began to work the balls.
“L-l-look at me Rick, I’m just a regular old ball fonder, huh Rick?”
“I get it Morty. Ball Fondlers is from the show! W-well *burp*done.”
Morty gained a heightened sense of enthusiasm from this comment, inspiring within himself a newly formed resolve for cock sucking. Pre cum coated his mouth, a sure signal of Rick’s satisfaction. However, despite Morty’s newfound momentum, Rick stopped Morty and promptly flipped Morty over, chipping a tooth in the process.
“Aw, jeez Rick. That was my tooth.”
“I don’t give a FUCK Morty, you’re getting this dick.”
The moment Rick penetrated Morty, Beth walked in for the laundry, dropping the basket in an unholy fit of rage and disgust.
“Dad what the ever loving FUCK are you doing to my son? And why on Earth aren’t you giving it to me? Jerry’s too busy with his private playdate with the Rick that eats poo.”

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Someone shoot me an idea for a potential /co/ related fight scene.
Preferably Cartoon Network related characters, though I can do Nick and others stations as well.

>>93281332
>>93285652
Next character, shall we? The princess started off as a side character in his backstory, but now he's the side character!

>Backstory
The Ruler of Cybertron's most trusted special agent grew up as a poor Maximal in an Autobot city. It was his dream to be accepted by the vehicle formers. In his eyes, they could do no wrong, but the longer he lived, the more he realized it was never going to happen.

Hurt, angry, and depressed, he joined a new militia of disaffected beast formers, where he was trained with weapons and in operations, but he did not fit in with the other beast formers, so he left and resigned himself to a lonely end.

His fortunes changed when he became a valuable informant to the flying Autobot who would one day rule Cybertron. His intel allowed the flying Autobot to solve a huge case, which earned him enough favor to be elected. The new Ruler of Cybertron took the special agent under his wing and after years of working together, made him his most trusted special agent, which gave him the acceptance he had always wanted. He served the flying Autobot loyally, without question, and with each mission tied to the flying Autobot's approval and his self-esteem, he was extremely effective.

But his fortunes changed again when he had to take down the princess. She was a Seeker who was attracted to him and expressed it in ways that gave him infinitely more validation than the distant, strictly professional flying Autobot ever did or could. She won him over, and he deserted the mission for her, but by then he had already done enough that it was out of his hands. As they threw themselves at each other and withdrew to privacy, they were oblivious to the huge brawl that had started in the main lobby of their lodge hideout. The commotion caught the attention of the flying Autobot and his mighty air fleet, who swooped in to capture yet another high profile target thanks to the special agent.

(1/2)

>>93290775
(2/2)

>backstory cont'd
They finally realize there's a situation when the raid begins. She rushes out of room first. He stays behind, because he knows what is happening. When he finally comes out, the main lobby is clear. A fleet member walks him out. She's in cuffs.

She calls him over and tells him about a treasure she keeps. As cool as she can be, she asks him to get it and safeguard it before the Autobots tear the lodge apart and get their hands on it. As she finishes, the flying Autobot appears before them and congratulates the special agent, which outs him to her.

The disgusted look on her face as she was carted off crushed him. Their relationship had ended there. He found the treasure she had pointed him to and kept it to himself. She had told him a different story of the world than the flying Autobot had, and he was not sure what the truth was. He could not go on as a special agent anymore, so he took a low profile mission in the wasteland to get away from the capital and rethink his life.

>Show
In the wasteland, he meets and joins The Resistance, a group of Maximals and other misfits, including a remarkably powerful young Decepticon prodigy of mysterious origin and an alien-looking metallic Maximal, who are trying to overthrow the local tyrant and occasionally have to fight off a terrifying boogeyman.

After the boogeyman and local tyrant are defeated, the special agent receives an emergency summon back to the capital. The Resistance tags along. All the while, he forms a new view of the world and a new attitude through the young Decepticon prodigy, who is learning it himself.

THE END

Like last time, I have no idea wtf happens in the actual show. I just have backstory, but obviously his arc is going to be about maturing: improving his judgment and understanding of the world and using that to be his own man, to learn to love himself, and to not be as reliant on approval of others.

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>>93282726

I know what you are talking about, it makes me feel Spongebob in this gif.

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>>93282726
I know that feel.

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>>93276786
>>93276908
Thoughts?

>>93295092

Out of curiousity, have you read Nick Land? This feels like a sanitized, optimistic version of his vision for the future.

>>93275147
/co/ is the only place not infected with the mabel internet defense force.

>>93295225
I've heard of him but no, not really. I want to read Asimov's stuff first, but I need to find the time to.

>>93295092
Addressing politics/religion can cause problems if it's not handled very carefully. It's easy to end up sounding preachy and obnoxious. A lot of writers turn the characters into either their mouthpieces or just a bunch of strawmen. Politics and religion tend to evoke passionate feelings in pretty much anyone, so fucking things up on that front can mean angering the readers.

As for Rhodey, turning friendly characters into villainous ones often feels like character bashing IMO. If you're changing his role, I hope he's a sympathetic antagonist whose viewpoint makes sense.

I feel like it's a shame that the story would be an AU where the setting is slightly different from the main continuity, but that's just my personal preference. A lot of the stuff you mentioned sounds rather vaguely described so I can't comment on whether it would be good or bad; it depends on the execution. If you can pull off something Asimov-like and give it some realism by employing stuff you've learned from your studies, that sounds cool enough.

>>93275046
I want to hold hands with this goddess.

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>>93295694
TBQH I' try to be as objective as possible. Obviously I'm a right-leaning Capitalist, hence why I like Tony, but at the same time, I find Post-Thunderbolts Ghost having some really good points.

In a way, while Tony would be the good Capitalist and Ghost the moral Anarchist, Gregory would be the classic vile Capitalist, and someone like Firebrand the downright awful Communist. So there would be an objective view to it.

As for religion, it wouldn't really be touched that muc, IM ain't the book for it. It'd mostly tie with the politics, but in general it'd be commentary on the clash of cultures, not a right vs wrong case. TBQH I'd just bring back this aspect of Tony's character back because the "scinzxce atheist" bit is just boring and perpetuated by writers who don't do their research.

As for Rhodey, he certainly would be sympathetic, and not an evil guy. Just an antagonist, because he'd want the IM tech to protect the US. He wouldn't have any sinister motives, he'd be a genuinely good guy, but one who considers Stark selfish for not sharing even some of his tech with, not only him and the US, but even SHIELD. So he'd be an antagonist, but not a villain.

As for the AU, well, it's required to do the crazier Post-Extremis stuff. I'm no writer, like I said, and if I do it I'll do it at the very earliest after I finish my major, but I enjoy keeping notes and such.

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So now that I have my desktop, I can talk about my novel. The protagonist is what I call an "anti-Rorschach" in terms of his outlook and beliefs: he's a relatively solipsistic and arbitrary. He starts as a laid-off migrant metalworker in Chinese-colonized Africa (which has become a cyberpunk dystopia). After a burglary gone wrong, he decides to become a brutal vigilante, working to destroy the ring of human traffickers that he accidentally uncovered.

Influences include Hotline Miami, Punisher MAX (especially The Slavers), Drive, Death Wish 3, old Fantomas novels, and the works of anarchist philosopher and /lit/ meme Max Stirner.

Did a bit of a mockup of my protagonist with Heromachine since I might do a few comics with him too if I can find an interested artist.

>>93287071
>Do you have any tips for writing about characters that aren't your own?

You just have to know what the character is about. It sounds easy, and it is. You just watch them, but I couldn't do it until I was in my 20s, so something about it is difficult too. I'm not sure what.

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does anyone here go to /tg/ for the storythreads to write and get critique? I used to a lot but now I don't find the time to write like this. I wouldn't be a good comic writer cause my style is very description heavy.

>>93298817
I think it's more than that. You also need to build up a narrative which helps you understand their thought processes to a degree. I mean with the X-Men idea I have here, none of the major characters are my own. However, using their previous stories as a basis, I can keep them in character, even if they go along a path that was not originally intended for them.

>>93298915
>does anyone here go to /tg/ for the storythreads to write and get critique?
After what happened with /tg/'s /WST/'s threads, I've pretty much ignored /tg/ as a whole. Plus, when quests were removed and the bitching that ensued from that, I found that /tg/ isn't what it used to be and wasn't as much fun as it was years ago. The storythreads there were fun and I wrote for them, but with the removal of content creators and how they were removed rubbed me the wrong way and I couldn't go back.

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Writing a dumb YA novel with super powered folk, basically goes like this:
>Super-powered government spy has to save her family while uncovering a conspiracy within the very organization she works for.
I guess it's a bit deeper than that but that's the best one-sentence summary I can think of.

Never written anything /co/ related, but I had an Idea for a Young Justice crossover fanfic a while back that i've been considering. Goes a bit like this

>The Reach had kidnapped a lot more kids than just the runaways.
>Ambassador sends back the most promising specimens to his superiors
>Things go tits up for the reach on earth, but they still have the group of meta human teenagers the ambassador had sent back.
>might as well use them
>bombs inna head to ensure loyalty.
>Sent as a disposable and deniable asset to stir up slave rebellion in the Thanagarian Empire.

Don't wanna spoiler anything just in case I ever do it, so I won't go into details about what all happens next, but that is more or less the jist of the idea. All of the characters would be expys of other comic book, movie, anime, and book characters re-imagined into the Young Justice universe. If you all don't mind, I'd like to hear what you think of the premise.

>>93285110
It looking like an asspull is actually something I hadn't considered because I thought the cost of it, being utterly removed from reality to the point where your own mother doesn't recognize you and you just don't exist in the world would be enough of a cost to make it terrifying.

There's hints, the way their version of time travel works but I guess I really should add more foreshadowing.

Guys, and you >>93299132, I'm tired of your boring plot synopses. Give me your god damned character arcs. Give me the emotional core of your story, not your turbo nerd plot twists.

I'm currently working on a cartoon I'm planning to pitch. Does that count for this?

>>93301387
Yes. Now explain how your cartoon is going to win the heart of an audience.

>>93301526
Well, I've posted it in a couple cartoon idea threads before. The basic idea is a gloomy but light-hearted comedy set in an old-fashioned mental asylum. The tone would be somewhere between Ruby Gloom and Courage the Cowardly Dog

>>93282726
Something I read the other day you (and the rest of us hacks writing fapfics) may find interesting:
https://vas.neocities.org/articles/ao3_230k_analysis.html

>>93300492
Okay anon who did this >>93283012. Essentially the character arcs that I have planned out for my New X-Men run are arcs of coming to grips with yourself and it does through the characters being human and gods at the same time.

Surge is perhaps the only 'odd' one out in that she hasn't had an arc around her powers evolving. I mean, Blindfold and Hellion had Legacy, in which Blindfold gains a fragment of Legion within her mind, something that is really going to play a big part in her story arc. Hellion on the other hand became an omega level telekinetic who could manipulate things at an atomic level. Elixir, well over the years he essentially became a god of organic matter.

However, despite their great power, none of these guys really have control over their lives. Elixir had the love of his life die in his arms, killed his rival and sort of friend, and ran away to hide from himself and his friends. Julian, well, he lost his hands, has PTSD from his experiences after M-Day, has had three people who he loved walk out on him in this story (Sofia, Laura and Iara) and burned the bridges with both his adoptive and biological family. Blindfold… let’s just say David’s actions have had greater consequences in this story than he could have anticipated. Surge lost her team, boyfriend, and family, as well as being infatuated with someone she knows she should hate.

So yeah… The arcs of these characters are about these living gods trying to be the people who they wish to be and gaining control of themselves. Either a hero (Hellion), a healer (Elixir), in control (Blindfold), or just a good person (Surge).

>>93300492

>>93296606 here. The character development is kind of the plot twist in that it starts with "I'm just kinda going through the motions" only to become "Shit, I gotta do something about these horrible people" only to finally wind up at "I fucking love murder".

The main character more or less "morally degenerates" while actually becoming more emotionally and personally fulfilled. It's only through violent vigilante killings that he finally falls in love with life and begins to self-actualize.

>>93302287
That sounds like it could be quite fun to do actually. Mainly for the breakdown of the characters mental state, which could be gradually shown with the font and the syntax slowly degrading as the book goes on.

>>Tfw your fanfic gets a review. It's one of those strange feelings, but good

>>Tfw an user who I assume has autism won't stop messaging you to finish your fanfiction and continue it.

I don't mind continuing it; but I hate being rushed.

>>93302895
Welcome to the world of fanfiction mate.

>>93302895
You got a fan, man. That's pretty cool.

I just finished the first chapter of an EEnE fic

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I'm writing a fanfiction for Worm. "What if Taylor had a Red Lantern Ring?" It's the first thing fanfic I've ever done. I'm enjoying it.

>>93303049
>>93303648
It's nice I guess. I'm glad people enjoy it. I just wish my other fanfiction that I wrote got views. It's one of the others that I was really into 7 years ago.

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>>93287839
>more than 2/3rds of the way done!
Well done, anon, I'm writing a novel myself and I know how much dedication it requires

>>93300492

Character arcs would be serious spoilers though.

>>93304152

Different anon, it's getting that last little bit that's hard. It's weird. I have a piece i'm writing at the moment, well that I was writting a few months back, and it was going really well. Got to about the last 4rth or 5th, the part I was most looking forward to doing, and then I got super busy and had to stop writing for a bit. Now i'm really having trouble picking it up again. Any advice? I want to finish, it's just once I wasn't writing every single day anymore it was hard to start up.

>>93305462
Try getting into the habit of writing everyday again, even if it's the teeniest tiniest bit. You're so close, but the story isnt going to finish itself. What I do, I write anywhere I can, just to say I wrote that day; on the laptop, in a spiral, even in the notes section of my phone. You really just have to keep at it, little by little if you're not motivated. I'm that spark will come back.

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>>93306173

Holy fucking shit. Wow. Someone made that. Is there writing that goes along with, or just the picture?

>>93306223
Just the pic, as far as I know

>>93306223
Just to add for the sake of conversation, I get Ed and Al, and maybe Goku, though he really wouldn't need a GL ring. Aqua's the odd one out in that pic

I started writing a story last night. As the universe approaches heat death, the last christian priest in existence tries to find the way to old Earth to await the Second Coming.

>>93306315

Eh its like the superman with a power ring arguments. He doesn't need it, but getting more power can only improve him in the eyes of the power level autists, so they love it. Considering almost all Dragon ball fans are power level autists well...

>>93305414
How else are we supposed to know if you have the chops or not? Give me something to make me go "Oo0o0o0o, that's good!" Take this guy >>93302164 for example. This is the most he has given us on his character Elixir.

>Elixir had the love of his life die in his arms, killed his rival and sort of friend, and ran away to hide from himself and his friends.
>living gods trying to be the people who they wish to be (Elixir: a healer) and gaining control of themselves.

Does that make you go "Oo0o0o0o0o!!! That's good!"? Hell no! It makes you go, "Ok, I understand so far. Hmm, maybe that could work, maybe it wouldn't." but do you really know? No! Because he hasn't told us what made him so excited about his story that he had to write it down.

>>93306377
Sounds interesting. Does the priest have any moral hangups about who to take to Old Earth?

>>93306414
Yeah, you got a point there. Pic was probably made just to give someone's fav character a ring. Although I'm already thinking of a short episode of Ed and Al getting some rings

>>93306478

Fair point, but cannot the base concept itself elicit a response? Have you never seen an idea and said "Oo0o0o0o0o that's a cool idea!" ? You don't know about the character arc, but that short little blurb on the dustjacket/back cover catches your attention and you decide to give it a go because it seems interesting?

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>tfw have had no desire to continue work on my novel

>>93306500
My idea is that he's just trying to get there on his own, though he tries to preach to people whenever he gets the chance. Religion is pretty much dead since the universe is dying and there's nothing anyone can do. My idea for the character is that he's a Penitent: a former criminal to whom the church offers second chances to if they convert. I don't want to reveal backstory, but just hint through his actions that he was quite the killer and fiend before priesthood. Opening scene is him taking out a corrupt member of the commerce guild for trying to rip him off and steal his ship. Doesn't kill the agent, but does throw a knife through the bodyguard's head as he reaches for his pistol. The commandment is thous shall not murder; therefore I feel he can kill in self defense. I'll never have him straight up kill someone without provocation.

>>93306574

just do it.

>>93306610
ok

>>93306652

you'll thank me later.

>>93275173
Superwoman is basically a wonder woman with other name.

>>93284553
Why superwoman look lesbian.

>>93279172
Really?

>I write Gravity Falls fanfic. Most of them involve Mabel suffering

Hell I hate gravity shit, but write a story where Little girl suffer only because you hate her is sick.

>>93289287
You write bad /tumblr/.

>>93306557
Yes, just now! I was reading >>93296606, and he says
>Antiror was once employed as a metalworker. He had left his home country for the job. It was a great opportunity, and he was happy to have taken it. Everything was going well, but then, one day, they laid him off!!! They kicked him out the door and left him to fend for himself in the cyberpunk dystopia of Chinese-colonized Africa with no money, no food, and just one possession: his prized MIG welder.

And I said, "o0o0o00o fuck!!!! that's gonna be good!!"

I read lots of Inside Out fanfics

>>93307155

So doesn't this show that you can have a good prompt without telling you the character arc then?

>>93308114
Was it ever really in question?
I see interesting elevator pitches all the time, and they almost never go into character arcs.

I've been kicking the tires on an idea that I came up with today that I'd like to do as a comic one day.
Current title is Wandering Witches.
It's about a young witch and her teacher that wander from town to town healing people, helping regular and magical creatures, and settling any sort of mystical disturbance they may run into.
In between the adventures would be magic lessons for the little witch that would be very self reflective, meditative in nature so that the reader might get something out of it as well.
My only problem is that I can't seem to think of a plot for this. There's not much of trouble finding things for them to do, but an overarching story is eluding me. While I'm not against doing a sort of SoL thing with these two, I feel like I need something more.

>>93306478
Oh, can I write about what makes the story so exciting to write that I wrote it down on this thread?

My whole idea regarding this potential story arc and these particular characters is this.

On paper, you are right. This idea is absolutely simplistic and easy to understand. In fact, when you break it down, everything is very simplistic and easy to understand. However, the way that I tell it is the thing that I find most enjoyable.

What makes this particular hypothetical script fun to me is the history and the actual character of Elixir, as well as the other three characters up and to this point. Rather than being a 'new story' it continues from ideas and themes of other series which these characters have been involved in, most of which I have thoroughly enjoyed. The other characters and plots that I can involve like Arcade's plans for the corpses of the Arena Victims, the Kingmaker plot, Julian's family, the fragment of Legion, the continuity holes that I can patch up and even Wallflower's father also excite me. Hell, even writing hated characters like the Hellfire Brats and Quire excites me as using their basic concept I can try and make something bad into something good.

Also, I hate to say this but I'm not writing a summary on the back of a book to entice readers. I was not trying to make you say "Oo0o0o0o0o!!! That's good!". I was just explaining the basic idea behind my story.

As for why I didn't go into more depth about this character, itself, well I hate to break it you, but this is 4chan where we only have 2000 characters and I thought that most people knew the New X-Men and their history that I could be a bit lax in my description of the various characters that I mentioned, both out of my presumption that people understood what I was talking about and the fact that I wanted to keep some essential plot points to myself, in case this ever goes through.

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>>93282726
At least they're reading it?

>>93308321

I'm so confused right now. All I was trying to point out was that there was no need to tell character arcs to get a good idea of whether or not it would be interesting to that one guy. I don't even know anymore. I'm just here to peruse fanfic and oc concepts and maybe badger any who are interesting into giving me links cause i'm desperate for reading material at the moment. .

>>93308636
I wouldn't recommend arguing with this guy. He's just being a judgmental fuck.

>>93308725

Fair point. Honestly i'm just waiting to see if anyone bites on my bit, and arguing gave me something to do while i waited, but at this point I don't think it's going to happen.

>>93308762
What was your bit? I'll bite.

>>93275046
I think I posted this idea in one of these threads. I'm still working on it and trying to flesh it out more beyond just the character.

A young man plucked out of high school by a mega corporation and meets a young singer trying to jump ship to his company.

Simple plot with a lot of focus on the respective issues with the characters psyches.

I'm still working on the draft while moving on to the plot but aside from the extras from Garth Ennis comics finding the format for comic book scripts is kind of hard.

>>93308776

Eh, I hate to call attention to it like this, but why not. I'm on an anonymous image board why the hell not.

My bit was >>93299658

To elaborate there were a few things that brought this about.

First was that it is entirely reasonable to assume the reach had kidnapped more children than just the runaways since there was talk of shipments plural. Second is that good science means you don't just do an experiment once, and if you were testing something like the metagene you would want to try out a bunch of different variables anyway. So way i figured it, there really should have been more reach made meta-humans, which we don't see or hear mentioned, which gave me the thought "well what if they never saved them or knew about them?".

Then there was the fact that the Guardians have an agreement with the reach. Honestly i've never really cared for the Guardians, seems to me they talk big and don't really deliver. So what if there center of the universe masters of all speil is propaganda? they are actually just one of several interstellar powers. The reach being another major power, and the two are kind of in cold war proxy war mode. This segued into another fact, that when Godfrey was calling out supes and martian man-hunter for being aliens, the hawks didn't come up. Now I know that in some incarnations of hawk mans (incredibly fucked up) backstory he was in fact human, but what if in this verse he isn't, but people think he and hawk woman are? What if no one on earth knows about the Thanagarians, and they are one of the other powers on the interstellar stage on the other side of space across from the reach so the guardians don't really have any contact with them.

These all kinda balled together into the idea for a fic with a large cast, most of whom would die, and a lot of politicking, with the survivors eventually ending up back on earth and then seeing how they interacted with the cast of young justice.

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I only ever write in the form of story pitches/outlines via greentext.

Any advice of making the jump to longform writing?

>>93309106

Pick a short one you are passionate about and just give it a go. A short story, just a little one. Something that can conclude in a page or two, but could theoretically be expanded if you desired it. See how you feel doing it and how you feel when it is done. Put it somewhere where other people can see it, or show it to some people, enjoy the positive feedback. It's pretty fun when you actually do it, and hearing people praise your work is like a drug.

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>been writing for years
>used to be somewhat popular (in anime circles)
>never could finish anything
>stuck with writer's block
>finally start a new story from Zootpia because I legitimately enjoyed the setting and characters
>several chapters at a good clip
>slowly hit a wall
>never get over it
>go back to languidness and self-loathing

My star is dead and there is only blackness beyond.

>>93306893
I didn't say that I write that because I hate her, I say I write that because most ideas for Gravity Falls fics involve that in some way

>>93309201

Are you willing to unmask yourself? Cause I'm really quite curious as to what these are. Particularly that nice big one up top.

>>93309231
It's Naruto and it's garbage. From back before I understood what proper pacing and prose was.

https://www.fanfiction.net/u/975220/True-Radical-Dreamer

>>93309009
That actually sounds to be quite interesting. An Omega Man style fic in this the YJ universe would be quite interesting to read. Just a comment, a good idea would be to have more kids who got fucked over by the Reach show up in the cast.

>>93309267

Well the idea is for the cast to be almost entirely teenagers who got fucked over by the Reach. The subjects of their experiments.

It's funny you mention the Omega men, they actually come into this. Saddly not as the GOAT newer rendition, but closer to the original In the original omega men comics their sector of space (which is also where Starfire came from) had been conquered by a power called the Citadel who they were fighting against. In this the Citadel wouldn't exist, but that sector of space and those species and characters would, with the citadel replaced by the Thanagarian empire, who have been represented as a conquerors and slavers in the past with alien races and underclass Thanagarians kept in the "downside". So characters like the Omega men and various Tamaranians would show up as the slaves/rebellion that the cast eventually interacts with.

>>93309267

Unless by kids fucked over by the reach you mean cannon characters, in which case I suppose I could include them, but a large part of the idea for this is that rather than being AU it would be peripheral to cannon, and eventually tie back in. So having one of the runaways be part of the cast taken off the planet would move it into AU territory, which would be fine I suppose, but not quite what I had had in mind.

>>93309337
This is sound better and better, I must admit. I do like the old Omega Men, although I do agree that the newer ones are just better. Also, a recommendation. You could include your interpretation of some of the cosmic characters like Starfire and Blackfire as they haven't been introduced in Young Justice. Hell, there are a few Teen Titans characters you could bring in as they haven't gotten any sort of canon interpretation. Also Twilight (Not Moore's version, the cosmic one) has some good cosmic DC characters who you might want to include.

>>93309359
Oh, I mean aliens who got fucked by the Reach. OC alien characters, although canon alien characters would be okay. Tbqh I like your idea of a war that no one knew about a lot more than an AU version of YJ.

>>93309249
Shit, that's a lot of people talking about your work, at least. Wish I could get that kind of coverage.

>>93275046
Why did we start using this picture for writethreads?

>>93275788
Thats pretty cool

You guys don't get it. You're supposed to shill your work here, not give a vague 2 sentence pitch about it. That's not shilling!

>>93275046
I write for those channel tan threads, it's fun and very different from writing normal fanfictions. If only because you have a very new universe and you're the one making it happen. I used to write Star Wars fics so it's now working in a fandom that has no set lore/new setting is difficult, but I like the challenge. Plus, my fans are very kind and supportive.

Star Wars fic
https://pastebin.com/F1tuz4AG

/CTG/ stories
http://pastebin.com/ri72jxJG
http://pastebin.com/qL4RC2nF

http://pastebin.com/XW7MSBNu
HBO/Vi
https://pastebin.com/AsZmKSfn
Vi/CBS
https://pastebin.com/NjggVYXB
Vi/N@N

I'm legitimately surprised at how much I write there.

>>93309547
cuz that girl's cute af. you can't miss her!

there was that one opm x dc story which was really good,until the author started to nerf saitama,
after the nerfing he took his fic down

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>>93275046
I write fapfic of vidya and Disney women. I'm looking to branch out and write more kinky comic book stuff, mostly femdom

As far as (mostly) non-porn stuff, I've been wanting to write a pastiche of Pulp and Men's Adventure magazine stories but no concrete ideas yet

>>93310774
I'm not writing anything, though. I just want affirmation for my ideas and pitches.

>>93275046
Kubo, a thirteen year old orphan boy, went swimming. He travelled to the nearby sea that had blue water. He took his sword along, just to defend himself from the predators. There was no one around. He placed himself near the water, packed out his stuff and stripped himself. At first he washed his face, then jumped into water. He swam a few laps. The water is clean and warm, making Kubo feel like in heaven. He started diving. He dove to the depths and tried to walk underwater, but he couldn't do it so he swam. Suddenly, eyes appear out of nowhere. Kubo stared shocked and the nothingness. Then tentacles appeared and tied Kubo's legs and arms. Kubo can't move, he is struggling to escape. Then he realized he forgot his sword near the sea. The tentacles were of a giant squid. The squid went to Kubo's cock and shoved his other tentacle up Kubo's ass. Kubo was drowning while the squid was raping him. He felt a mixture of pain and pleasure. After few breaths, Kubo cummed and drowned. The squiad came back to the darkness.
That was his tragic death.

>>93308434
Guess I'll expand on this.
The best word that I can describe the teacher (from the little girls' PoV) is frustrating. She's very smart, but a bit of a louse. To her, there's only one way to teach magic: hers. She drinks and sleeps a lot when not 'working', but she does know her stuff when on the clock. A lot of her teaching methods frustrates her student because they're either archaic or she has very high standards for them to be completed. This is mostly because of how important being a witch is, and that they can't afford to make any mistakes (also the little girl has a lot of potential for being a witch, so she is pushed extra hard).
The little girl would be more of the MC than the teacher, or at least I'd frame the stories through her PoV. She keeps wanting to do more and more magic that is beyond her, and gives little care to anything that isn't magic related. In her adolescent mind, closing herself into a magic lab forever so she can do magic in peace and quiet would be the best thing, which is very naive and self-serving, so her teacher will be trying to break her of that. While she's improving her magic skills, she is becoming less and less people-oriented, which as a travelling healer, is a problem.

Again, not a whole lot on an overarching plot as of yet aside from general character growth, but I wonder how necessary it really is. Is the destination that important, or is a satisfying journey enough to make up for it?
As of now, my plot ideas are such:
Clearing up a misunderstanding with a gorgon.
Investigating a magical sludge poisoning a lake.
Mental fortitude training, sitting under a waterfall.
Teleporting water from glasses to other glasses in increasingly difficult arrangements.
Teacher sealing her students magic for 24 hours so she has to go play with other kids and shit.

Are vocaroo threads still allowed on /co/? I thoroughly enjoyed them. Some of those voices were exact replicas of the actual voice actors.

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A boy falls in love with a girl.

Unable to confess, he is gifted by a deus ex machina with the girl's phone number. Never minding the strange area code, he immediately calls her, and is overjoyed to find out that she has a crush on him as well.

But, the next day, when he recounts the previous day's confessions to the girl, she only looks at him with a perplexed expression. After some investigation, he finds out that the girl he called is not the same girl he fell in love with. In fact, she doesn't exist in this universe at all. She is the girl's alternate universe counterpart, who has fallen in love with the MC's own AU self, who too is blissfully unaware of her crush.

Hijinks ensue as the two strike up a deal to give each other their darkest, most private secrets in order to equip the other with the weapons they need to conquer the heart of their other selves. While the two chase their respective loved ones, DRAMA ensues as they begin to fall in love with each other instead and question the NATURE of LOVE.

>Keit-Ai! Because, you know, they can communicate only through cell phones and it's a love story. Get it, get it?

>>93314226
Finally.

>>93314226
Stop posting that because it's already a thing.

https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3206139

>>93314226
>>>/a/

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>>93314226

I've been considering writing a Samurai Jack fanfic that takes place in the world without Aku Jack created at the end of season 5. He's in his old age and has retired to a small village to live the rest of his days in peace. Unfortunately, a group of organized bandits that aspire to become an empire start harassing the villagers trying to annex them. Jack doesn't know whether he should fight or not, because old age has taken a huge toll on his combat abilities. It's kind of cliched but I think something good could come out. Do you see any potential for a good story here?

I've been thinking about writing comic analysis. I have found minimal good analysis of paneling and pacing online, and feel like its absence needs filling. A blog format is probably the way to go, but I'm half sure that the reason there's a lack of analysis is because no one cares. Part of me really doubts people would read about how the radically different paneling of Eisner, Fraction, and Crepax creates similar pacing. As my primary example, I'd be using how they make a phone seem like it's been ringing a long time. I'm pretty sure this only interests me though.

>>93306830
Because Superman kind of does look gay when you think about it. I mean, not even just with tights, but he looks like a handsome gay man. He's well-kept, very timid and humble as Clark, and isn't as overt on hitting on girls as other male heroes are.

I'm not saying that's bad, of course, but that most traits he has are shared by mildly homosexual men.

I really hate how rarely people seem to respond on comic collaboration forums. Why make a post if you're not going to respond?

>>93314444
I dunno.

I have a question about world building, I f I wanted to create a world that had stuff like Humans living side by side with animal and monster people, do I have to explain why or can I just write stories and not worry about it? Like some older cartoons had stuff like happen all the time. Just wondering whats the best way to go about this. I could have it take place in the future, but I'd like to keep things present day.

>>93316151
The short answer is: It doesn't matter.
The slightly longer answer is that, because animal and monster people aren't real, you can make up whatever rules you want to govern your story. A story is only as limited as your way to bullshit out of your way of something stupid.
You don't need garlic, or sunlight, or a stake through the heart to kill a vampire because they're not real and you can make up whatever you want.
If you don't explain it, and it doesn't make sense naturally, you might have a problem. But if your audience just accepts that there's dog bipeds or whatever in your world, you don't need to explain anything.

>>93316384

Thanks Anon for helping me out there. I'll just write whatever and If people ask about it I'll think something up later.

>>93316581
I mean, you should come up with SOMETHING before hand, but you don't really need to talk about it in the narrative. Nobody really expects an explanation for why there are wizards and dragons and trolls in Harry Potter. They just exist because it's the story.
Does J.K. Rowling have some kind of ultimate answer for why things are they way they are? Probably, but to the story it doesn't matter.

I'd like to give a special shout out to that one fanfiction that i'l probably never finish

Aside from Understanding Comics, what are the other essential readings for writing comics?

>>93317236
I'd also recommend Will Eisner's Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative as well as his Comics and Sequential Art. Other than that reading comics and maybe finding a magical comics forum that actually talks about the intricacies of the medium are next best teachers.

>>93317236
>>93317895
I'm reading Moore's "Writing for Comics" and enjoying it.