Paul Chato’s Rules for Writing Manga?
I recently posted Paul Chato’s rules for writing sitcoms, which is an excellent discussion of the topic by someone who spent years in the trenches producing sitcoms....
September 2, 2022
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Writing Romantic Comedy Light Novels (For Men)
If you want to understand writing Romantic Comedy Light Novels (RCLN) you just need to picture a dance party in your head – a high school gym...
April 21, 2022
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How to Write a Romantic Comedy Light Novel (from Novenaro)
Since actual Japanese sources on writing light novels aren’t easy to find in English, I am sharing translations of some of the more interesting articles I have...
What is a Light Novel? Part 2 – The non-Japanese View
Previously, we looked at how some Japanese try to define what a light novel is. Now, this time we’re going to look at how some non-Japanese have...
What is a Light Novel? Part 1: The Japanese View
Defining what a Light Novel is seems to be like trying to grab a greased pig – it’s messy, hard to pin down, and you can never...
The Crazy Tricks Club sneaks into Audible!
Those kids from the Crazy Tricks Club have done their best trick yet! They’ve managed to sneak into the world of audiobooks with the release of the...
Exploratory Manga – Educational Manga That Take You For A Ride
There are a few less common manga genres that probably deserve more attention than they get, and one of these is the Exploratory Manga. Now, when I...
The Onion Method: Building Better Stories by Talking to Yourself
Reimena Yee’s Onion Method For Outlining Graphic Novels is one of the more interesting approaches I’ve seen to planning a story in a while. At first I...
September 7, 2020
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How M.I.C.E. can help writers.
A while ago on the Writing Excuses podcast I heard science fiction author Mary Robinette-Kowal discuss one of her personal favorite ways to structure stories, which is...
The S.P.I.N.E. of Good Comics
Previously, I’ve written about the characteristics that make up a good story, at least from the point of view of the audience, and how the writer has...