tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post4213990481933629890..comments2024-03-28T03:27:26.345-04:00Comments on Dee-lusions of Grandeur: Sold Out .. and Double Crossed!Dee Mentiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-75160852808739795392011-06-09T12:01:24.989-04:002011-06-09T12:01:24.989-04:00@ Terri
It can be fun to use some stock character...@ Terri<br /><br />It can be fun to use some stock characters from time to time. As you get more, people might notice that they've appeared more than once. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any I've used, but I've done almost 1k trade captions, so my memory is a bit rusty!Dee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-60750035683252642392011-06-09T10:47:19.825-04:002011-06-09T10:47:19.825-04:00Interesting question and one I've been thinkin...Interesting question and one I've been thinking about a lot recently.<br /><br />I haven't done any direct sequels to caps but I have carried on people and concepts and usually I do keep one eye on whether I can continue something. My one continuing concept is the Neighbour Virus but I also have a few other things going. I used a lesbian couple, Sammie and Laura, for one cap and brought them back in another and I expect I will use them again for more lesbian themed caps. I also invente a trainee witch named Wendy Willis. I haven't fleshed out the character really but just brought her back a couple of times. Rather than use another character I figure someone familiar might spark it up a bit. <br /><br />Finally, I'm working on a cap for Vancouverite featuring a punk band called Death Strike Horse. I haven't done it yet but when I was looking for a punk band to namecheck in a cap for Shinobu I used them although that cap would now be second in my idea of them. I've been wondering whether all this continuation is good or whether I should be more original.Terrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-47920360177660124852011-06-07T18:26:12.038-04:002011-06-07T18:26:12.038-04:00I've sometimes ended up coming back to make a ...I've sometimes ended up coming back to make a sequel. Sometimes it's because someone else will make a comment or a suggestion that triggers an idea of where the caption should go next. However if I haven't specifically planned it to be a series, it's usually unlikely that I end up doing that as I try to wrap my caps up. Sometimes it can be fun to come back to a cap to add a new dimension, but it has to be fairly recent in memory.<br /><br />I like what you did with this one Dee, very nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-28225548280282994292011-06-07T18:08:06.359-04:002011-06-07T18:08:06.359-04:00I often end up mentally weaving huge worlds around...I often end up mentally weaving huge worlds around my caps, but in my experience it's best not to go back.<br /><br />After all, isn't a caps' raison d'etre to make the reader wonder 'what happens next?'Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654411508487835453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-22546261167855680142011-06-07T15:32:35.026-04:002011-06-07T15:32:35.026-04:00I don't generaly return to a cap to make a seq...I don't generaly return to a cap to make a sequel, but I do often take what I intend to be a single cap and turn it into a series as the story fleshes itself out while I am writing. <br /><br />In all honesty, I'm trying to stop doing that, as I want to be better at getting an idea for a cap and then sticking to it.<br /><br />I do have a few that I thought would be nice to elaborate on. But finding the right picture almost always stops that process flat.Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870069212223825401.post-55017134055372193932011-06-07T15:23:17.679-04:002011-06-07T15:23:17.679-04:00Sequels are fun but they take too much out of me a...Sequels are fun but they take too much out of me and take too long to make them. In addition there is always the risk that you'll put them on hold and then lose interest in creating a proper ending which leaves the readers on limbo and the eternal waiting for more feeling. <br /><br />These days I rather do the quickie ones and move on.sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510131077053781113noreply@blogger.com