The Forge of Ren

  • October 01, 2023

    Name that Character

    Name that Character
    You might be asking yourself, “Why does it even matter if the audience can’t remember the characters’ names if the movie made almost 3 billion dollars?” From a storyteller point of view, it matters a lot! Sure, Neteyam, Lo’ak, Tsireya, and Neytiri (those are Avatar character names by the way) haven’t been around as long as, let’s say, Sherlock Holmes, Spider-Man, or even Harry Potter. However, I did have to Google one set of names in that previous sentence and not the other.
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  • September 24, 2023

    Sticking to a Page Count

    Sticking to a Page Count
    Many creators struggle with getting that first issue on paper with a proper page count. They have all these grand ideas about what they’re creating and many struggle writing that first issue in the normal industry standard! Some want to make an epic series that runs for 100 issues. Some want to write a short 5-issue mini-series. Others want to write a one-shot.  Regardless of their goal, writing the first issue of a comic requires careful planning, creative collaboration, and attention to detail.
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