I'm pretty sure most of you know of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. It's in November, meaning it's just around the corner. I've never tried it before, mainly because whenever I'm reminded it's going on, the month is typically halfway over. Not cool.
This year, I've decided to give it a shot, but not in its purest form and not to its fullest. Instead, I'll be trying my own thing, swapping out one of the words - so rather than writing a novel, I'll be trying my hands on writing a comic.
Now, when I say "write a comic", it's a bit of a lie. I'll be writing it like I would a story, though maybe framed a bit differently. But since my ultimate goal is to get some material for a comic, I figure any place is a good place to start. I also don't plan on getting 50,000 words, seeing as how school is going to get even more brutal in November, so thinking I'll have the time to write 50,000 words is something I snort in my coffee at.
Anyhow, what is this comic? Well, it is where this picture comes from. It lacks a name, so my derpy title for it at the moment is "The Adventures of Tati and Robyn". TAoTaR? TATR? Tatter? Maybe that'll be it. Anyhow, it sort of just...exists right now. So few details are set in stone that I'm having a hard time starting it. That's something to ponder for the next week.
I do have a goal with it, though. My main beef with any story that revolves around women is that it's...girly. Alternatively, they try too hard to be...butch? Like, what happened to telling stories naturally? I want it to be the sort of thing that everyone can read and not feel awkward for doing so. And I REALLY want to avoid this BS.
Which I know sounds like me trying too hard. It's not even that. It's just me trying to tell a story and make a comic with leads that just so happen to be of the XX chromosome set that can just tell a story. I mean, there's differences in gender and all that, but I'm kind of thinking of what Nostalgia Chick says in The Smurfette Principle: "Why is it so easy to relate to male main characters, and yet to female main characters, not so much, unless you yourself are a female?"
Ah well, that's all for another day. The main point of all this is to just do something that I want to do. Because hey, when your dad goes "Have you ever thought about doing comics?", I figure there's something worth exploring for a career option.
