Typing this all out as a blog post helps me think of solutions

"Allow Google to access your cookies" to upload images? Motherfuckers, you're the ones who put the cookies there in the first place.

Big tech nonsense aside, this is the first panel from a story I've been trying to massage to life with the working title of Liam & Mei Are Lost. Catchy title, huh? That's the first problem I've been having with the process. They're not lost.

They're lost in the way all young people with no future are. That's the motivation that sends them on their journey, but they know where they're going. There's a bit of wandering but they're never looking to get found like lost people do.

Solution? Titles change and I'm not worried about that. I can still use the Liam & Mei part.

A trouble spot has come in with the motivations and personalities. They swap. I could try to excuse that because of SPOILERS but that swap doesn't come about as part of their arcs. I just did it without realizing.

I do like where they both end up. The logical thing to do would be to rewrite the introduction chapter. Have the root of who they grow into evident in their first interactions. It will require a full rewrite of the dialog and of their motivations

Solution? Delete and write it again. Multiple drafts are nothing to be ashamed of even though they're rare in comics.

Trouble spot three is the antagonist of the journey. At the moment it comes out of nowhere. Like a trapdoor spider. This can be a good antagonist but I have it written as preying on their insecurities about their journey. I could say it's psychic shenanigans and leave it that. There are worse excuses for why the baddies can do what they do.

I thought of having the antagonist know their insecurities because it's the one that lured them on their journey to begin with. Turning the trapdoor spider into an angler fish. 

Honestly though? I like the idea of them embarking on their trip because they saw it as the best option. An angler fish inviting them in means only the angler fish has agency and they just react.

Solution? Psychic trapdoor spiders?

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