Comic Lab

How do you do an empathy?

Episode Summary

Brad and Dave talk about writing characters from outside your own personal experience. Empathy as a writing tool! Then, a listener says they're losing interest in their comic — can Dave and Brad help?

Episode Notes

Today's show is brought to you by Wacom — makers of the incredible Wacom One! Brad and Dave talk about writing characters from outside your own personal experience. Empathy as a writing tool! Then, a listener says they're losing interest in their comic — can Dave and Brad help?

Questions asked and topics covered...

How do you write characters different from yourself?
Losing interest in your comic
Zines vs formatted-for-phone comics
Releasing the comic as an eBook before it appears on your site
Storytelling structure

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.

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