Kendra looks her audience in the eyes and dares them to blink first. And she’s had enough coffee to win, if the nervous tick twitching doesn’t interfere.
I don’t know where Kendra’s going with this, but I can hope it’s fun.
What Kendra – and a lot of people in real-life for that matter – do not realize is that making your story dark and edgy is NOT the same thing as giving your story depth and complexity.
Like, when we say we want a story to make changes to its formula or for the characters to have more development, we’re not (necessarily) saying we want the story to be miserable and full of despair. We just want the story to present something new and for the characters to be less flat and/or annoying (especially if the story is intended to have some level of continuity to it).
Also, while we’re on the topic, if you DO want your story to be dark, you don’t always need to be “deep” or “compelling” about it. That’s why we have black comedy. You just got to know where to properly apply it and figure out how to execute it, especially in a realistic setting.
Granted, if the story was intended to just be mindless entertainment (which most newspaper comics are since they’re written under the impression that not everybody reads or even gets the newspaper), then that’s another thing entirely. Still, you should make sure your characters have at least some personality.
Kendra looks her audience in the eyes and dares them to blink first. And she’s had enough coffee to win, if the nervous tick twitching doesn’t interfere.
I don’t know where Kendra’s going with this, but I can hope it’s fun.
I’m sensing a bit of self-deprecation here.
This is a take that towards works that try too hard to be dark and edgy.
I’m getting a lot of vibes from your last run with this strip.
What Kendra – and a lot of people in real-life for that matter – do not realize is that making your story dark and edgy is NOT the same thing as giving your story depth and complexity.
Like, when we say we want a story to make changes to its formula or for the characters to have more development, we’re not (necessarily) saying we want the story to be miserable and full of despair. We just want the story to present something new and for the characters to be less flat and/or annoying (especially if the story is intended to have some level of continuity to it).
Also, while we’re on the topic, if you DO want your story to be dark, you don’t always need to be “deep” or “compelling” about it. That’s why we have black comedy. You just got to know where to properly apply it and figure out how to execute it, especially in a realistic setting.
Granted, if the story was intended to just be mindless entertainment (which most newspaper comics are since they’re written under the impression that not everybody reads or even gets the newspaper), then that’s another thing entirely. Still, you should make sure your characters have at least some personality.