Comments on: Explanation of Explanation

By: Xero

Xero — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:45:02 +0000

hey all i wanted to know is if it works on written language 2

By: Carnas

Carnas — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:45:47 +0000

Not explaining everything allows the reader to fill in some of it on their own, with their own thoughts and ideas, thus making it personal to them. Everyone loves a personal experience right?

OK I’m gonna be over there nerding out.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:53:11 +0000

Oh absolutely, and I’m not debating any of that (in fact, I’ve done posts about just that in the past). I just wanted people to know where I’m coming from on my end.

By: TheArrowPen

TheArrowPen — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:31:46 +0000

Unfortunately, the internet venue of this and other webcomics means that there is now a whole range of opportunities for interaction that wasn’t there before; readers can critique your art and storytelling and make suggestions, speculate about future pages and plotlines, argue/talk with other readers, demand more information, and all on a page-by-page basis. In some senses it’s great, but in others it’s rather a pain and affords each individual page far more scrutiny than it is probably meant to have in the grand scheme of the comic. This is not to say that each page shouldn’t be appreciated as art in its own right, but webcomic update schedules mean that we give weight to every little detail and word because we can stare at it for 2 days, 4 days, sometimes even a week at a time depending on how often the artist updates.

All of which is to say, I totally support you on this, Pete — continue being awesome, sir!

By: CCC

CCC — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:45:19 +0000

I fully support this stance.

Everything that’s pertinent to the story should be explained, but that which is not pertinent to the story merely slows the story down if it is explained. Background is nice, but when it gets in the way of Story it needs to be cut back.