📝? I need tips on comic writing lol
Happily! I made some shit up + spliced together bits and bobs of several moons to make two pages of fake notes for you! some names are inconsistent here due to the splicing. Feel free to skim or skip to the other advice at the bottom. (some advice is present, underlined, in the images, but there's also non-advice underlines so)
So, in general: Observe what the game gives you. Typically, it's actually MORE than enough to get an interesting story out of, as much as people may complain of 'boring moons'. (I find that only Really happens in clans with 1-3 cats). The Y + Tall + Veil + Cala patrol here would feed into at least two ongoing subplots and the Oatdawn, Beech, Ochre and Heron events into at least 3. Just from what the game supplied. it's crazy.
But: know your cats better than the game and tell it no when it pulls truly story-breaking bullshit. Shoutout a version of a moon I had where Shadepaw murdered Bogfreckle despite canonically Not Knowing Him.
Then take what you like most, what connects the best, and what best suits how you want your characters to change and grow.
Obviously my methods won't work for everyone- I often find this thoroughness taxing, even though I only have like 12 cats. So maybe ask yourself what your specific Goal Is with making this story. Mine, for example, was that I'd often had clangen runs with compelling stories but I Kept Forgetting Them right after; and I figured making a comic would fix that. So memory is the goal, and therefore, so is thorough notetaking.
If you want short, snappy moons and to pass a lot of time quickly, so you can watch whole families unfurl Fallenclan style? Maybe just take notes on what has to do with cats you find important, or events you find most compelling. In general maybe don't do what I do.
But if you want to join me in the hell of long updates, ensemble casts and heavy dialogue? Well, consider something like this. Because one day you'll have an arc come together in the margins that will blow your mind.
so yea. hope this helps! Rule number one is have fun and be yourself. rule number 2 is more broad comic writing than note specific, I'm shouting out Juniperclan's advice; tie something else fun you like in. I like studying the flora, fauna, language and culture of the region my cats are set in and drawing + worldbuilding noteclan is great for that
Thank you for the ask and I hope you have a lovely day!
