[[Two horseback riders discuss a story.]]
Author: So, what did you think of my story? You DID read it, right?
[[The two are now inexplicably on bicycles.]]
Critic: Honestly? It seemed a little disjointed. Little unbelievable.
Author: It was based on a true story!
[[Now on elephants.]]
Author: It was SUCH a crazy thing that happened! I just HAD to write it up as a story!
Critic: Sure, sure. Truth, stranger than, etc.
[[Giraffes.]]
Critic: But fiction has rules that make it satisfying, so for it to work AS A STORY, it has to conform to those a bit.
[[Eagles.]]
Critic: Real life is messy.
Critic: Fiction wears a messy COSTUME, artfully tattered in all the most effective ways.
[[Fish.]]
Author: Isn't it important to 'write what you know'?
Critic: Yes, and the thing you should KNOW is HOW TO WRITE
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{{alt-text: Another thing that's very important in writing is consistency of tone.}}
Another thing that's very important in writing is consistency of tone.
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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