Writing, yo.

[lebateleur]

I'm burned out on my current batch of Saiyuki WIPs. I've lost a fair deal of interest in the series; the last 7 or 8 months of the manga have just not done very much for me. I think there are some benefits, in this sense, to being a tankoubon reader as opposed to a monthly reader - with eight or nine eps collected in one book, readers get to see the bigger picture, whereas now I read month by month and think, Yeah, and?

I didn't feel that way the last time I was in Japan and reading monthlies, but that was during the end of the Kamisama arc going on the Snow Drop arc, where I liked both the stories and the changes in Minekura's art.

So, that being said...

Nothing's as effective at removing writer's block as starting another WIP. ::sob:: Only, this one is definitely not like anything I've written before. I don't think my head is screwed on right. You'd better be online tomorrow, cinderfalling, because I'd love to know what you think about this.

これで以上です。

Comments

[luxetumbra.livejournal.com]

;_; But thank you for posting all the finished work. I love your stuff. ^_^

I think there are some benefits, in this sense, to being a tankoubon reader as opposed to a monthly reader - with eight or nine eps collected in one book, readers get to see the bigger picture, whereas now I read month by month and think, Yeah, and?

I agree with you on this. But even when I was only buying tankoubon I still scrounged like mad looking for monthly scans. ^_^;; In general though, I think starting a new arc must be the hardest thing about drawing a monthly. There's all that exposition to do and new characters to introduce. And maintaining a consistent energy level across chapters is just hard and sort of unnatural if you look at how plots are usually structured in non-graphic story-telling.

[lebateleur.livejournal.com]

;_; But thank you for posting all the finished work. I love your stuff. ^_^

::squee:: Thank you! That's something I'll never get tired of hearing anyone say;)

In general though, I think starting a new arc must be the hardest thing about drawing a monthly. There's all that exposition to do and new characters to introduce.

Actually, I think it's harder if you have no idea where your story is going (which I think describes Minekura a lot of the time. I write this way myself, so I know the signs when I see them!).

And maintaining a consistent energy level across chapters is just hard and sort of unnatural if you look at how plots are usually structured in non-graphic story-telling.

I also wonder if publishers pressure mangaka the same way television pressures scriptwriters: keep everything in a neat one week package, so you can pick up new viewers easily. Course manga serials do frequently become very involved, but I wonder if authors and publishers always see eye to eye on these things.