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Alice Grove MCDT - January 2015

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plusorminus:
I'm a bit confused by Jeph's note at the end of today's strip. Obviously every process is different, but AG seems to be a story where plotting is key and that he needs time to plan out what's next seems a bit odd to me, especially since it's the end of this chapter. Sadly, I didn't have the funds to contribute to the Kickstarter when it was going on so I'm not sure if AG was supposed to be a "Welp, I've got this idea and let's see how I sketch out the beginning and if it seems to catch on, I'll try to figure out the rest."

If it wasn't that way, considering the pacing of this story thus far, I'm a bit concerned. A gag-a-day strip has its inherent difficulties, but it isn't dependent on plot, per se. Something like this, however, needs a definite roadmap. I'm getting weird flashbacks to T Campbell's QUILTBAG and his shuttering it because he simply didn't have a roadmap, flailed around a bit and then decided he'd written himself into a corner.

I'm intrigued by what's going on, but I don't want to have a sense that there's no plan in place to advance the story.

pwhodges:
Well, it's possible to have a good idea of where you want to go without knowing in detail how you're going to get there.  Or it may just be a need to work out the pacing a bit more and planning the upcoming strips accordingly.  We'll see, I guess.

Zebediah:
Few stories spring to life fully formed from the head of the author. They take work. Jeph's going to take a few days to do some of that work. While I have no doubt he knows exactly where the story ends up, some of the details of the route need to be worked out as he goes.

Method of Madness:

--- Quote from: Zebediah on 30 Jan 2015, 05:16 ---Few stories spring to life fully formed from the head of the author

--- End quote ---
We call those Athenas.

DillyDolly:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 30 Jan 2015, 01:53 ---Do we know which sibling is younger?  Ardent certainly seems to know what's going on better than Gavia, even though he started off as ditzy.

--- End quote ---

Gavia seems a lot shorter than Ardent—and not in a naturally short kind of way. I think she is the younger sibling.

Really loving the story. Going to be hard seeing it go on break at such a cliffhanger, but looking forward to see what happens next.

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