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 Failing The Bechdel Test. Twice. On purpose.

March 8, 2012October 18, 2022 vaehling Writing

A recent Geek Life podcast brought up the Bechdel test again. You know the one – based on a strip by Alison Bechdel about not watching movies that don’t have at least two female characters who at least once have a conversation that’s not about a guy. It turned into a meme and a way […]

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 Sample Scripts: Why I haven’t posted any yet (except now)

January 7, 2010October 18, 2022 vaehling Writing

One thing I’ve always enjoyed on other people’s sites is the possibility to download and read scripts. It helps a lot when you’re preparing to write your own, and it’s still fun when you’re used to writing your own. Always keen on being helpful, I’ve started posting some scripts of mine over at my German […]

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 Buffer off

May 12, 2009October 18, 2022 vaehling Writing

There’s been a lot of talk in the forums recently about how far ahead of your comic’s updating schedule you should be, and if you should bother at all. There seem to be two schools of thought about this issue, the pro side claiming professionality always shows in time, while the con side is more […]

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 You Can’t Turn the Page while you’re Hanging from a Cliff

December 14, 2008October 18, 2022 vaehling Writing

If I had edited the current story the way I showed you in the previous post, this week’s page would have to be different, too. If you haven’t yet, take your time to read the first three pages according to the original script, then come back here and continue reading. (Of course, these are very […]

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 The Undeleted Scene

December 6, 2008October 18, 2022 vaehling Writing

Here’s one for the book extras, once I’m past the vol. 1 books and into vol. 2: The opening sequence of HOUSEWARNING, the way I originally wrote it. The reason I added that extra scene on p.2 was, I felt I owed it to the readers to show the house since that’s what the plot […]

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