Why is writing cartoons so damn hard? How do I get good at writing? I'm poor so hiring someone isnt an option
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Why is writing cartoons so damn hard? How do I get good at writing? I'm poor so hiring someone isnt an option
Write about your life experiences and what you think about them.
If you don't have life experiences, go get some.
If you don't want to have life experiences, just steal other people's ideas.
Yeah, write an arc about how you can't talk to women for the kids' comedy show you're developing.
Yes.
Yes.
If I were to do that I'd just end up with a story about a misanthropic shut-in mind-broken by the internet. Basically Watamote but angrier.
Actually, that could work.
Writing has no place in animation
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You're a dumbass. Even the most basic, slapstick cartoons from the silent era of cinema were written. The gags need to be written, the plot needs to be written, even if it it is paper thin and just an excuse for slapstick. No character development or Joss Weadon tier quips needed.
Or just leave them in, like most cartoon writers do.
>Why is writing so damn hard? How do I get good at writing?
You write. Then review. Then write again. Read books by good authors. Read reviews on why they're good. Then write more with that in mind. Also have a life or consume large amount of art from different eras and fields. Drugs to get ideas, schedule to work on the ideas, people to review the work. Yes it takes time, discipline, and effort. Same for art.
>Read books by good authors.
This is key. I wrote a short story the other week and on re-reading it, I realized it would never fly in today's society as the only female character had zero agency, was implied to be raped, and literally sat in pla e while the hero and villain decided her fate.
I had binged the works of Robert E Howard just beforehand. Make sure you don't fall too hard into the trappings of what you read.
>How do I get good at writing?
By reading.
Use writing as an excuse to insert your fetishes into animation, then remove your fetishes from the cartoon and insert safe for work filler.
To build off this, analyze your fetish for potential plot or character beats. A simple one is an ntr fetish is just the first half of a self improvement story. You got a weak hero, a strong villain, a side character/secondary villain/trial, a point of external and/or internal conflict, and it's semi-easy to hide. Fetish potential will vary.
Honestly, same.
I don't think I could write a cartoon without "random equals funny" jokes.
>don't have a problem writing out storylines and character arcs, but can never write character dialogue that I feel satisfied with
Weird feeling.
The trouble with tism
I don't even have autism, I just always feel like I end up with "good enough" dialogue rather than stuff I'm actually proud of.
Maybe it's just a personal thing.
One improv class + trying to be wittier in real life convos might help. More than one improv class will most likely be a detriment though so watch out for that.
Funny you say that since I don't actually have an issue with improv in real life, or even writing dialogue itself, it's just stuff I never end up satisfied with, to the point where I'll find myself mulling over/revising a moderate-length back and forth for 45 minutes before stopping myself.
In fact, I honestly find doing improv with other people to be a bit easier since you usually have someone else providing content for you to bounce off of.
Maybe that's just a sign that I'd have an easier time with a writing partner.
Perhaps you should start a quote book? Like in conversation if something is interesting/funny, just write it down. After a while you'd get to see what "dialog" speaks to you.
Personally I am in a few quote books so that's nice lol.
god i feel you man. i can come up with a solid basic outline but i struggle to actually put actual meat to it.
i always think of the ending as well for every story, i learned that from Avatar: The Last Airbender and its something that really stuck with me so all my ideas have a fixed ending point/endgame.
Because writing in itself is a skill just like art and just like art the best way to improv is to just fricking do it, look at your mistakes, and learn from them
Ether that or find a writer bro who you creatively Jill with
99% of what people consider good writing in cartoons is YA tier at best. So read "good" ya.
you have no story to tell. you, like most of the other hacks around, are writing for the clout/ perceived fame of being a Hollywood writer
writing is easy
Who is your character and what does he want
Can you draw?
Writing is super easy and doesn't really require that much to wrap your head around, getting good at anything is hard but chances are all you need is discipline and a good frame of reference
While in art you have to understand like 7 different abstract bullshit theories to get halfway decent
OP DO I KNOW YOU?
Simply write what u feel, even if it's bad it will still be sovl
Why don't you try adapting something first? When I write, I recite all the dialogue I write so it sounds natural. Record your readings so you understand the voice direction later
just do what the (not for long) big boys are doing
I'm sure you'll get dozens of clicks for your webcomic
post your social media. if you are good I can work for free until you make money
i'll dm if i decide.
ask Rippa, maybe he'll give you some tips