tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post2359045864726458754..comments2024-03-27T11:18:53.456-07:00Comments on Temple of the Seven Golden Camels: Three Rules for an Intriguing Storymark kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-83249331359199833462012-03-05T03:22:06.892-08:002012-03-05T03:22:06.892-08:00thats some nice guidelines, cheers for sharing! st...thats some nice guidelines, cheers for sharing! struggling for a long time to get started with my own comic and alot of things from this site has helped me in my way to slowly get there! :)Ebba Edenströmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659491629572188349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-7149895352813669012012-02-25T14:07:36.285-08:002012-02-25T14:07:36.285-08:00Thanks Scotland! Best name ever BTW.
Hey Psycho -...Thanks Scotland! Best name ever BTW.<br /><br />Hey Psycho - to each his own. I find those rules important to me. If you're going to spend all that time drawing the world...it should - to me - be a place you want to spend time in.<br /><br />James - thanks! Good thoughts.<br /><br />Rodney - great! Glad you're interested...more coming soon.<br /><br />Skov - yes, exactly...I think I was unclear but you got exactly what I was saying. It doesn't have to be a world that feels comfortable or fun...but anyplace you'd love to explore. Thanks for the comment!<br /><br />Idle - to each his own. Storytelling, of course, is a deeply personal thing. Just talking about what works for me. Thanks for the comment though.<br /><br />Rex - It's a personal thing. Different for everyone. I find the spaceship in Alien pretty interesting - I'd love to poke around a spaceship like that and see how things work. But I also think they made the spaceship and the people "boring and average" so that when the alien comes along, the story can go to an extraordinary place. If you start with a really amazing and interesting spaceship and weird interesting characters, you can't go to an extraordinary place when the alien arrives. You want the alien to be a big curveball that disrupts their everyday lives, and making them something we relate to and take for granted (Truckers) makes us get the situation quickly and understand why they're bored, even though they're flying around in a spaceship. Thanks for commenting!<br /><br />Ashton - thanks for the comment! I wouldn't want to hang with Ron either....you're hilarious for saying you'd want Harry's problems. Are you sure?!? Giant spiders, fire breathing dragons, werewolves...personally, I'd be a bad Harry Potter!mark kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-11478792675359164462012-02-25T08:40:26.650-08:002012-02-25T08:40:26.650-08:00So simple, yet so true... I'm going to remembe...So simple, yet so true... I'm going to remember these rules.<br /><br />Sure, there are edge cases, but I think you've hit on a basic truth here. And even if you can get good stories without all three of these (or bad stories with them) it's a good starting place to start planning your world. <br /><br />First thing that pops to my mind is Harry Potter, amazing world, with (mostly) characters I would personally like to spend time with. Except Ron. lol<br /><br />The only thing is, I probably <i>would</i> want to face the problems Harry faces... life would be a lot more meaningful and exciting if you were saving the world.<br /><br />But your point stands.Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518903647831371357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-38815361694757007772012-02-20T01:35:21.411-08:002012-02-20T01:35:21.411-08:00the third one is just a way to work in the conflic...the third one is just a way to work in the conflict->resolution present in any story. i wouldn't say that it's really a requirement of intriguingness. The later Saw movies aren't what you'd call intriguing, even though horrible things happen to people.<br /><br />the first two might be something though- though there are a lot of genres that sidestep them pretty cleanly. horror for example. Alien is what i would consider intriguing- even though the characters are boringly average and the setting is a space truck.Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09207063837902016568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-8398967499572199692012-02-19T14:44:20.960-08:002012-02-19T14:44:20.960-08:00Hi Mark.
I'm not so sure about these rules. I...Hi Mark.<br /><br />I'm not so sure about these rules. I'd define them differently, maybe. I think it is important that you don't feel indifferent to the world and characters in your story. I think you can easily reverse the first two points and still end up with an engaging story.idle.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12890525190452077953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-2433644370431762022012-02-19T03:33:10.368-08:002012-02-19T03:33:10.368-08:00Hi Mark, I completely agree on these "rules&q...Hi Mark, I completely agree on these "rules". I find that people often don't understand rule number one because they immiediately think of spooky places. My point is that in a film like "Alien" the spaceship Nostromo is not a place where I would like to work, but I would really like to walk around there, exploring the place for myself (without the Alien running around of course ;-)Mister Skovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359201898630708780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-73979135314754094152012-02-19T00:55:15.547-08:002012-02-19T00:55:15.547-08:00Gonna hafta appropriate those rules for sure... an...Gonna hafta appropriate those rules for sure... and (hopefully) use 'em!<br /><br />As for your latest preview, you just keep reeling me in. I love that even your previews are character driven.<br /><br />So far so very good.Rodney Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953461648033310302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-641578235227174512012-02-18T23:28:31.518-08:002012-02-18T23:28:31.518-08:00Whenever I watch a movie and get disinterested a s...Whenever I watch a movie and get disinterested a short while in I of course ask why... and it seems that I always arrive at number 2- cos good characters should by rights produce good stories. Even a weak story can be upheld if characters are entertaining, real and hence, make 'the' story good by simply being them.(Jungle Book)<br />Putting characters in extreme situations from the onset(3) can always help to quickly show/illustrate their true traits/way of thinking and allow audience to identify who that character is.<br />Intriguing image (and text!)-can't wait start reading!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035479971432265812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-32333744177638001462012-02-18T22:55:32.286-08:002012-02-18T22:55:32.286-08:00I don't know about the first one, but number t...I don't know about the first one, but number two is the most important to me.<br /><br />The third is always good, but not always necessary.Perry Renarldo Singletary Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10656307026995225710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-62738122333433170542012-02-18T22:53:48.299-08:002012-02-18T22:53:48.299-08:00OOOOOOoohhhhh - nice rules.
Love the image Mark!...OOOOOOoohhhhh - nice rules. <br /><br />Love the image Mark! - Looking forward to it being posted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274717758016976756noreply@blogger.com