How to Build Narrative Tension
Building narrative tension in your writing. Also: What to do if your torn between commissions and comics.
Show Notes
Cartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett talk about building tension in your writing. Today's show is brought to you by Wacom, the maker of the powerful, professional, portable Wacom One!
Questions asked and topics covered...
- Building tension
- What do we WISH our listeners would ask?
- What did Brad learn at newspapers?
- Torn between commissions and comics
- Losing Patreon support
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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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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. He is available for personal consultations. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive. He is the co-director of the comics documentary, Stripped.