The hardest part about writing a story is to actually write everything down and not just daydream about it 😔

@enbygremlin8821

2 жыл бұрын

I feel so called out right now-

@chromaimp1315

2 жыл бұрын

@@enbygremlin8821 glad to know I'm not the only one who's like this XD

@adamwilliams6928

2 жыл бұрын

Facts facts

@idazoesoto9454

2 жыл бұрын

AAAAA

@smolglitch

2 жыл бұрын

this is literally me like i keep it all in my head but i know i should really write it down but then i dont and then i end up forgetting some plotpoints

"so you want to make an original story right?" *looks at my piles of unfinished stories and sobs*

@starlight_adbitory

2 жыл бұрын

I have never related to a comment on KZread more

@spencervance8484

2 жыл бұрын

@@starlight_adbitory Same

@Splatoob

2 жыл бұрын

I think I got a story I’ll stick with but idk if it’ll be good 💀

@reginameyers

2 жыл бұрын

@@starlight_adbitory same

@beelieboo

2 жыл бұрын

I have a couple story plots but I don’t have motivation lmfao 😭🤚

Any other maladaptive daydreamers here have a million stories going on in your head that you desperately want to write? Or is that just me?

@jun1verze

2 жыл бұрын

hello

@almondsandrevolution

2 жыл бұрын

pain

@iceprinc3art120

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@beelieboo

2 жыл бұрын

Mood lmfao

@iceprinc3art120

2 жыл бұрын

@Joseph Douek 👏 👏 👏 👏 congrats

im glad im not the only person who thinks about their ocs every night while they try to fall asleep lol

@mochi1241

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr??

@createwithminty4118

2 жыл бұрын

Hon it's 4:33 am and I'm deciding her favourite breakfast food and does she prefer mismatched or matched socks

@popfizzle1080

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao- I can only go to sleep if I dream about their stories and stuff. So it led me to a lot of story ideas 🥲👍🏼

@meek537

2 жыл бұрын

I make them hug me 😭

@kathleendelossantos8561

2 жыл бұрын

Thank god I'm not the only one too LMAO

Yeah when making a comic most forget half is art half is story. If the art sucks but the story is amazing you can still make it ( look up OG one punch man) if the story sucks but yiur art is amazing people might not stick around

@WildArtistsl

2 жыл бұрын

*edit* : It takes long time and sometimes some people improve their art overtime. So when you finished the story you can start right away. When I think of improve art but amazing story I think of Silent scream, Unordinary. The authors had amazing art styles but improved their stuff. One of them even updated the title picture

@mothemonster9454

2 жыл бұрын

Who made your pfp

@yes_hi_there

2 жыл бұрын

Also attack on titan became very popular and loved even though the art was not conciderd the best at the time

@_feeriques

2 жыл бұрын

This is the reason why I hope I can find someone in the future to help write a story for my characters and world I’ve created🥺🥺

@WildArtistsl

2 жыл бұрын

@@_feeriques htmu

Me: I wanna make a story! Let me start drawing out characters- My mind: WAIT- learn a bit about storytelling first and then write down your story, then you can draw it out! Me: oh okay, that makes sense- *starts reading+learning more about stories* okay, time to write! My mind: WAIT-draw out your characters! Me: but you just said- My mind: WAIT-just go watch KZread and be unproductive Me: oh-okay (This is just a joke, obviously I can’t just blame my mind for my laziness all the time as if it’s its own entity or something lol)

@Skill_Perks

2 жыл бұрын

I mean my mind kinda is it's own entity I mean I think one thing and another voice pops up in my head and says otherwise.

@tp1861

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skill_Perks lol, it reminds me of the trope where a character have an angel and devil version of themself on each shoulder

@ariagiovanni4213

2 жыл бұрын

No no no! This is exactly the way it goes! 😅😭

@chii__.

Жыл бұрын

I read it as “reading+learning stories about abuse”😰

@lapinajustleft

Жыл бұрын

@@Skill_Perks Yup, I think that’s all of our minds. You think one thing and 50 voices say different things unrelated or not, then you get confused and think about the voice talking about if MatPat is Moana's Uncles fathers mothers aunts sisters fathers brothers fathers mothers fathers brothers sisters fathers mothers sisters fathers brothers mothers fathers mothers sisters mothers brothers fathers

Oliver : Posts Everyone : Shut the hell up the king has arrived.

@WildArtistsl

2 жыл бұрын

*blows fanfare* MAKE WAY

@damn9868

2 жыл бұрын

Yes make way for King Oliver, forget king Julian.

@starstickermars

2 жыл бұрын

@@damn9868 I thought Oliver was a girl…

@liv6492

2 жыл бұрын

@@starstickermars no hes a trans man

@damn9868

2 жыл бұрын

@@starstickermars Nah man. The Queen is dead, long live the king.

one of the reasons i love fantasy so much is because of how clever and unique writers can be when worldbuilding or making a magic system! i'll never get tired of reading about brand new worlds because i know how much thought and love is put into them. great video as always :)

*Ok ok ok* ... I just sat down and tried to write ideas for my story .... and I just see: “ *So you wanna make a story* ?” ......It’s honestly scary how perfect the timing was-

@chaotic_andromeda

2 жыл бұрын

SAGE HENLO

"So you wanna make a story" *Looks at all the characters I have created and unfinished comic panels*

0:38 this is the reason i'm scared to make stories lollll but at the same time i will happily read 8974624 versions of a trope in fanfiction soooooo...

When it comes to the fact that nothing is original anymore, I just embrace it. Like Oliver said, as long as you do what you want, you'll have fun, and not even worry about originality. And look at every single disney princess movie, they are all based off of a fairtale, in some way. Nobody ever gets onto them about originality, they worked hard to produce those films, and they were great for the time! Tropes and cliches are nothing more than categorizing stuff from any story that seems to feature that element. They take stories that may have nothing in common and lump them together because of some shared element. So I just wouldn't worry about falling under any sort of trope or cliche, maybe some of them are necessary for a story. And also, as long as it's *you* who makes *your story*, it *will* be original, in some shape or form. The characters are most likely going to be *all original*, and the settings, the plot, *everything will be original*!

About the original story thing. I have a story that I have recently come up with at it has taken over my life. I have a dream of Turing this story (and others) into comics, graphic novels, or whatever. But I feel like my story is really similar to a very very popular anime. It doesn’t really bother me too much because I have just started and I know I have a long while before I even begin to actually make a comic, but I definitely is something that sticks in the back of my head and I have a bad habit of comparing my story to that anime. Thanks so much for the words of encouragement. It really helped. 😗✌️

@user-tc8mn1qk3e

2 жыл бұрын

Oh cool what’s it about

@reginameyers

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem, but I feel like my story is similar to many popular anime’s :/

20:48 So I'll admit, there aren't that many people on my life who give enough of a shit to hear me ramble about a concept I came up with at one in the morning to help development- but my little brother is one of the few people who will sit there and give genuine interest to whatever oddball story I throw out there. I personally feel like having someone like him around is invaluable to the story making process- as rambling and attempting to explain your story makes you realize flaws, understand how your story should be told better- and for some, come up with random inspiration. Get yourself some sad sucker who's legally obligated to sit there and listen to a random story you got motivation for at one in the morning and decided to develop on instead of sleeping.

@childofwelp

2 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo my younger sister is basically like that for me, (except she sometimes gets annoyed, but hey at least she listens)

@HoneysQueens

Жыл бұрын

No one wanna listen to me :,)

@Mikescool444

7 ай бұрын

@@HoneysQueens just talk to no one like me. Go for a walk out in the forest or a less populated place and just talk out into the air like you’re Homelander to the mirror.

@spacey1447

Ай бұрын

My lil sis sometimes helped me with backstories, normally she's not really interested but we'll it's better than developing your story alone

I’ve JUST started writing my comic and it’s so hard 😀 hopefully this helps 💛

@blupyro3098

2 жыл бұрын

I’m still at the thinking process of coming up with characters but I’ve got some aspects of their world already done. Remember, do things at your own pace and have fun! 😁

My main story has 100+ characters with a core 5. They’re my space orphans and I love them. It’s very much based on mythology especially Greek/Roman mythology but it honestly draws inspiration from everywhere even if that means some planets got noped out of existence along the way or renamed. I’m at maybe 50 chapters but hey, it’s worth it. I love working on it so much. All my other stories are smaller more centralized stories which are a nice contrast by comparison.

When u have Maladaptive Daydreaming and u make the whole universe in ur head 😭but CANT DRAW THEM EXACTLY HOW U SEE THEM

@marinlongbottom8349

2 жыл бұрын

while i'm not a maladaptive daydreamer but have one of the most active imaginations known to man, i feel this on a personal level

I HATE writing, but it’s my biggest dream to actually produce my very own comic so I just have to angrily write scripts for it >:T

@Starlightsm0m444

7 ай бұрын

Sameee

what helps me personally is to just write down EVERYTHING that comes to my mind. sure most of it will suck but inbetween those bits there is guaranteed to be good stuff and then you just take the good bits and keep working with that and so on

oliver advice vids literally can make something super intimidating into *fuck professionalism* but srsly these vids are the greatest thanks for all the great tips and motivation

Currently writing a book that deals with time and timelines, alternative realities, Mandela effect, and alot more. It's litteraly centered around time and space itself. But it's also a stupid as shit book. Chaotic, nonsensical, and wacky. What I'm trying to say is this is helping alot.

@petrifiedsonar

2 жыл бұрын

I'm making a story that has those things too-

@meepmeep1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@petrifiedsonar nice! Book Buddy's :) when I say mine is stupid I mean it lol. Humiond creatures, vampires, flawed logic, strange humor. It's basically alice in wonderland but more eccentric. It's called, "A Vampires Guide to the Sea" what's yours about?

@petrifiedsonar

2 жыл бұрын

@@meepmeep1988 I'm kind of still working on it cause it's all over the place but it's about this guy that is stuck in entering different timelines and alternative realities. Basically he just kind of hangs out in one but is always forced to fight enemies. Kind of helps people out but Everytime there is a explosion (for a reason I choose explosions) he gets sent to a different reality or timeline. There is a low chance of getting back to the original place but if there was there would be a 50% chance of of the people remembering him.

@meepmeep1988

2 жыл бұрын

@@petrifiedsonar that sounds so cool. I'm just imagining this dude being like "Fuck. Where are I?" And just going with it. Like he misses his fam and friends but also, this dosent happen everyday so, might as well be here for the ride. Yaknow? But I'm probably way off lol

@petrifiedsonar

2 жыл бұрын

@@meepmeep1988 yeah that's basically what happens.

Honestly, I don't need help with my story writing, but I just like listening to Oliver lol.

Something that you can do to give yourself ideas is look at media that you hate or love/hate. For example! I love/hate Miraculous lady bug so when I watch it I was to get into writing and stuff just so I can make a story that I would enjoy consuming (this also works for character designs.) That's just my two sense!! Lemme know what helps you get into a writing mood!

@happenedbychance3392

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I gotta grease my machine by just playing videogames and taking it easy. When I'm chilling and in a comfy environment, thats when my mind starts drifting and thinking about random stuff. And then, usually I start thinking about story stuff. My brain works in quick bursts when not under pressure. It's kinda like rolling a dice

i feel like the most important part of writing a story for me is to write down any and all thoughts that pop into my head about it! i use the notes app on my phone to make a bullet point list with different worldbuilding aspects and plot ideas and i try and keep them organized by where and when they would appear in the story. i have no plans to make a comic or a book with my characters but it's fun to do and gives me ideas for what to draw!

Second note, this video rly helped with my anxiety about my world my characters live in because I’ve had family and friends tell me my story is like Tokyo ghoul or x men or whatever but it helped me realise nothings original so meh

Having a million characters, oh big mood. Juggling them is a struggle.

Me: drawing and watching Oliver draw. My drawing style: Has changed to a similar style to oliver's and now I have to change it back to my strange style.

I've been working on a story for years, and just last year I realized my issue was that I had to many mains. So I split the story up in 8!! separate ones and now it finally looks like it's going somewhere. You gave good advice. :}

I started writing a storyline for a comic since last November and I'm still adding things but it is really fun building a world and from watching your videos my art and story telling abilities have greatly improved! Thank you Oliverrr

This helped me a lot! I'm currently working on a webtoon about magical girls but it turns dark. I got so sad when people would say its like madoka magica but I just need to remind myself that nothing is original. btw love your art uwu

Oliver - has two to five main characters in their story…. Me - has one universe, where different small groups of characters have different stories and sometimes those characters overlap because there’s over 50 characters in my world so far that I’ve designed and they live in the same timelines and I never know who to focus on and flesh out more because there are so many of them.

@apexartnerd7238

2 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Goleman when you overcomplicate the universe and you lay there like ‘death’

@apexartnerd7238

2 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Goleman I pray for you. It will end up amazing tho

I find it incredibly ironic how this was recommended to me JUST when i finally got around to creating lore and stuff for my OCs

In my opinion, the hardest part of making a story is the worldbuilding. It's hard, because half the time it takes a long while to even make a good, loose world, and the other half of the time you get so involved with fleshing out details, and get stuck only making the world. But it is also, arguably, one of the funnest steps of the story-making process. And also furry me over here, who prefers non-human characters and non-earth settings, and is spending too long making a fluffy dragon world. But it is worth it, and helps fit in with the story that's gonna be told there.

dude i seriously needed this!! I’m making a comic of my own and i started around last year, but since then i‘ve been completely stuck and I’ve even changed the story itself but i just don’t know how to make everything come and fit together..if that makes sense?? this video really helped thank you!

I like what you said about "Nothing is original", because- not sure if I mentioned this- but for my own story involving the magic system you mentioned corruption and how their magic can turn them more animal/creature than human. I had the same idea on magic corruption turning them into monsters. Which while I was thinking "damn!" it did make me think more "okay how can I take this concept and make it mine rather than just someone else's idea" I'm still working on my story, and nothing is perfectly set in place, and I might change the magic system more down the line. But thinking about making it completely original would drain you just as much as trying to force a story idea out. I also like to remind myself 50 Shades of Grey exists and it was a Twilight fanfic at the start

Oliver’s character actually inspired my first story incredibly,,,, I love writing about the characters I draw, largely in part to the inspiration these videos and his art give me 😅 thanks for helping me indirectly ig :)

@khloedear

2 жыл бұрын

**characters

Villain to hero BEST THING EVER THE BEST STORY THAT I THINK IS THE BEST AND THAT ALL GOOD STORYS SHOULD TRY TO ACHIEVE IS AVATAR THE LAST AIR BENDER THE STORY THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR GROWTH THE PLOT TWISTS AND ALL THE CLICHÉS ITS JUST THE BESTT

Writing was a coping mechanism for me throughout my middle school years, it was a way for me to escape reality and for me to explore my creativity without even thinking about it. So now I'm worried that I might accidentally give it up. I'm questioning whether I can continue writing good ideas for stories. But I shouldn't be worried since I have the layout of a story my drama teacher provided me with: picture a triangle / piramid, the start is the rising in action, what your story does to reach the climax which is the top, then the falling action where the story starts to conclude itself or where the start of a new piramid starts. This teacher would ask what the problem of the story was, who the players are and where it would be set. That's the way I'd plan my stories. This is just something that happens all the time, me asking myself if I'll actually write something that I think is lovable which usually ends up cringy. Me questioning my future in writing.

Ahh I’ve been working on my comic for over a year now and am finally starting chapter one, and I’ve been kinda burnt out, and this video gave me a bit of motivation to finish page two.

Hi- I’m working on a story- so this video came at the right time-

Villian to hero and childhood friends become romantic interests...as yes, She-Ra

Okie my main universe so far is basically a world where there's fantastical creatures and they can breed with humans (made possible by magic) and then there's a 20% chance the magic used to make the offspring can develop into a power unique to the user. How do ya like it, and any tips???

@aki9139

2 жыл бұрын

this sounds very interesting. but maybe add a bit of a risk to breeding with the humans. like maybe, some creatures believe themselves to be far superior (like the purebloods in harry potter) then the humans and "half-breeds" just to add some spice to it. if you'd like you and i can talk on instagram if you'd like a writing-advice buddy or just to talk (@unfortunately.its_lolo)

@ottersn0t

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! (This is me on a different account) in fact, the entire story is built on racism. Humans believe they are superior to chimeras (cross breeds), them being the oldest species and more intelligent(not really but humans r selfish monkes)

i clicked this video 33 seconds after it was posted first time this has happened and i just wanted to make it memorable

How i ended up wanting to make a story: Made an oc, had an idea about if a cat and dog were siblings, wanted those two to be friends with first oc... story idea explosion

"Good writing, is rewriting." - Stephen King

I have 3 comic ideas I have not abandoned yet. I made 2 of them making the characters first and my most recent one building the story first. I love all of them, but my most recent one where I made the story first is the only one that makes the most sense, which is sad because I like my other OCs from other universes more, and I don't want to abandon any OCs from those universes. Basically, create your story first and then fit your characters into the story if you're like me who is mostly art then write. It'll make things make a lot more sense and give you more satisfying results.

Okay I just have to say, I love your art style. Your designs and posing are great even with the flat colors, and the way you shade makes it look... gemlike. I will stop myself from writing an entire paragraph about why I love your style, but I just wanted to let you know I love your unique style and shading.

This makes me look at how I have been working and realize why it’s lacking so much. So I thank you for this Oliver.

I really could listen to you talking about this for hours Story making and character design/development is literally the kinda thing I like the most

Omg this is so helpful! Kinda perfect timing haha… I too am working on a sci fi story well it’s more of a revamped one, ((edit)) with revamping old ocs I have making them better. I also recommend reading “Save the cat!” Book because that book is really helpful too and teaches us writers how to go really in depth on characters and genres etc. Reading books are so fun in coming up with ideas. 💛✨ Again amazing video!

Im new here, and i want to watch you regularly already. I love the artstyle, i love your personality, and you shared genuinely good tips!

I don’t actually need that much advice for story concepts and all but I’m still going to watch this because I like your videos and I’d like to see how you process this all

@kiwifit620

2 жыл бұрын

Hooky!! Such a great comic

Hey! Just started watching this channel's videos and I love what I'm seeing. I just wanna say that a great exercise for writing is D&D. While to some people the mechanics may be overwhelming, once you get in the swing of it D&D can be a great way to test out story elements and practice things like pacing, character relationships, worldbuilding, etc. I've had a hard time trying to create things like comics or novels because of how intimidating it feels, but D&D has allowed me to have that outlet without the stress. I think it can be a great tool for writers :)

thanks for this, almost right after I thought of my story’s plot line 👏👏 so excited

This video is GREAT, I think it's going to be really helpful to implement some of this tips in my process

Thank you for the advice!

I keep making new stories to find my old spark with writing comics but idk they never stick... like I'll make the characters and make a plot and intend to develop the plot and all of that but I'll just drift away from it XD Anyways, thank you for the help Oliver! :)))

Ive been working on re wamping one of my storys and this helps allot thak you Oliver my boy:)

I have a villain/neutral character that has a evil outside but a neutral inside. Cause basically my character is based off myself and my character has a childs soul. My characters evil outside represents how much power i want to have in the world, but the child soul inside represents part of me that is still innocent and more caring for others. Itherwise me and my character have evil thoughts.. only my character gets to do those evil things..

This is the first time I have ever seen a video On KZread the doesn't have Any dislike... I think I'm proud Of the internet

oMG YES SCREW OUTLINING CHAPTER 5 THIS IS BETTER

Me at the beginning: can make a decent story in like a split second Me now when I wanna make a good cartoon: *brain stops*

Watching this video while making a character sheet/ figuring out proportions and expressions for my main character, it’s going well so far

tfw you have a setting/characters but no plot 😔 also your shading is so pretty holy cow?? kept zoning out from what you were saying and then having to go back because i was too interested in the art aksjdgf

I always draw characters without background because I have zero creativity for writing, I just wish someone would hand me a story so I could just worry about drawing

@sofia9182

2 жыл бұрын

@Rainbow Rose Princess Mishti Owww this story came to you randomly? I would definitely read something with that synopses, so cool!

Just some random advice: Make sure that your characters have a purpose. It's ok to have some random characters just lying around in your world, but they should have some goal or something, especially main characters.

i have a love/hate relationship with coming up with ideas because it can be so inconsistent for me for example, i recently came up with an entire three season/book/whatever-else-you-wanna-call-it comic in one day just because i randomly was listening to i'll make a man out of you from mulan while i've also spent the last 4 years fleshing out a singular character in a singular story fun fact: that character was originally a fairy tail oc :)

Omg, I made my comic cast when I was 16 too! I'm finally developing them more, redesigning and stuff. Main character also named Andy, woww.

You keep getting recommended to me so I guess it's just natural I fall in love with your content. 🐎

I started with a character and the concept of writing a story for her. Then I just wrote down my favorite fictional things, and went from there. Expanding on things in the world comes slowly, and sometimes it's just [concept (will flesh out later)]. I really enjoyed watching this vid as I worked on my concept art book, was encouraging and fun :>

It’s kind of weird. I don’t do art, I write. And for some reason I’m more involved in the personality and don’t exactly think of what they look like since my characters look pretty normal. Like if you picked out a random person on the street, that’s probably what my characters look like since most of my stories are based in realism mostly in the 70’s 90’s or even the 50’s to early 60’s and something around that time.

I’ve had a story in process for a couple years and I’ve only started writing it down instead of just drawing it😀it’s actually going really well due to friends actually listening and give feedback🥰

I tend to write out my stories in a word doc first so that i dont forget any details. Then i draw them out

This video was very helpful since I've really struggled with making stories. for me the hardest part of starting a story has been perfectionism. ill start writing something, read it over and cringe cause it just seems so bad. I've even deleted plenty of story snippets and notes because I didn't want to risk anyone ever reading them cause I thought they were too cliche or silly or the characters were too flat. I usually just end up daydreaming about different concepts and ideas without writing them down or putting them together in a story. But maybe I should just do it and write something. Even if it's cliche or poorly written at least it'll be something and I can learn from what I did wrong the first time so I can improve. I guess I just need to have more patience with myself and my stories. I found the very first story I ever attempted to write recently, It's pretty bad and I never finished it, but I wrote it when I was probably 9 or 10 so it makes sense it wouldn't be very good. I'm glad I kept it though. Even it's cringe it's still important to me and I plan on working on it and actually finishing it at some point. This video really encourages me to keep trying and not be so hard on myself, making stories takes time and patience, you just gotta do it, if you enjoy the story your making there's a good chance that there will be others who enjoy it too.

Thinking about making a story with a big cast: :D Actually fleshing it out: D':

I would like to add two more reasons as to why someone should make a story: 1. A way to vent Oliver has made most of his characters in his high school. An example would be his character Andy. Oliver put his experiences and knowledge and emotions into making the character. But as Oliver has grown older, he no longer felt as connected to the character, hence the new change in development. Andy was a way for him to be able to get through High School, along with the world built with Andy. Now that Oliver is older, Andy needs to fit the new experienceses of thier creator! 2. Tell a story about an experience to others in a simple way This approach relies a lot more in the entertainment industy. Personally I have a story that is about eating disorder, eating habits, eating tradions, ect. All about food, to put in simple. This story tells about my struggle with food and the effects it cause on my health. Each of the main character hold a part of my struggle, and as I tell each characters stories, people get a better idea of my own experienceses. Another example would be the Song of the Sea. The director idea came when he realized that todays generation doesnt acknowledge past fairytales and take into consideration its lessons, and thus these stories are being lost. It also tells about a family who each struggle differently holding greif with the loss of the same loved one. This movie helped create a modern take on these fairytales as well as show the journey through grief. I hope this helps anyone

i know that i probably won't be a artist or a writer as a job so i feel like the story will go nowhere and i'm wasting time but at the same time i like doing it just for fun

Proud of you for sticking to a story for more than 1 week (my current time length) because I can't stick to a story for more than a week and you started Andi's universe at 16? And you're 21? That's a lot my dude

Noot noot

@enbygremlin8821

2 жыл бұрын

Noot noot

I totally relate to having no other thoughts besides my story, I literally live eat and breathe it 🤷🏻‍♂️

19:27 *the prince of humans and Delaney should fall in love.*

@OliversAntics69

2 жыл бұрын

*people who ship Delaney and Lo have entered the chat*

@kattinthehatt8292

2 жыл бұрын

@@OliversAntics69 *technically they both could be enemies to lovers.* 😳

@chaotic_andromeda

2 жыл бұрын

eNEMIES TO LOVERS YES PLZ

It pains my soul to see u make ur sketches so detailed and beautiful while im over here just doing a squiggly line and doing line art over it 🥲

BRO! This is what I wanna do, but I’m learning how to draw right now and make an episode structure for my idea just to put it all together. Thanks!

You're videos just started popping up on my feed like today and I find your art very detailed and calming, it helps me think more about fundamental arts. Now my mind spaces out really fast when I start thinking about home stuff like groceries and dinner and cleaning so I just fly away in daydreams when I think of the stories I am working on. There's a more recent one that just keeps my interest. Do you have any tips on webcomics as well as story writing?

So small storytime here- I have had a group of oc's that I have wrote about a lot with my friends. It was a good story at first but I slowly lost interest. It just felt bad and not me I guess. I didn't feel any connection with the characters anymore and I really really wanted to scrap it. But my problem was that I had worked on it so hard. I had wrote down, lore, character design, around 8 long chapters and I had also shared it with my friends and they loved it. So I kept at it and kept writing and working until I had a creative burnout. I physically and mentally felt just tired even from thinking about it. Then I stumbled upon one of your videos were you said you were scraping a few of your oc's stories and it was like someone turned on a light in my brain. It was absolutely ok for me to not continue a story that I disliked. I did at first try to rework their stories with a different story but it didn't really work and I just decided to say bye bye . Anyways, this is me around 2 weeks later after all of that and looking up things to help with my new oc's and I find you again ! Yay !!! So there's literally no point to this but thank you a lot for telling me something I needed to hear (it think I would have had a full burnout if I hadn't stopped myself) so yeah. Thanks ❤️

“You have time” *No I literally don’t crys like a baby**

wahhh thank you so much, this is so helpful! is this my calling to get over my reluctance to practice landscapes and perspective 0_0 also what do i do if im constantly scrapping characters and i keep getting tired of them-

I have a weird problem where if I can’t draw something and make it look at least somewhat good, I don’t want to write with that thing as a character. I mainly have problems with humanoid figures…

Also a reason to make a story is to help with your emotions. It helps me with my sadness and anger. I let those emotions out of my characters. An example is that when I’m angry I think about my characters being angry and letting it out. Most of the times their destroying stuff. And if I’m sad I’ll think about my characters being sad and being comforted by another character. Or I’ll just think about my story. It’s very comforting :>

REMEMBER! You are allowed to write bad stories. Writing is never perfect off the bat, and anything you do will take practice and need improvements, but putting thoughts on paper is really important!

A tip i have that a lot of people hate is that as early as possible think about and come up with the end and or end goal. The sooner you do this the easier it is to build up a story, because you know what you’re working for. This is not to say you cant change the end, of course you can, but so many times ive had stories with characters i built up and worlds i created and i kept adding without knowing where it was going the current story of mine i came up with the end of it within a week and its currently the longest running story ive worked on.

I totally didn't run here

The amount of times I've gone back to this video while working on various topics, is- slightly concerning XD

oliver: look at shows you like! see what makes them work! Me: *Sobbing in spn as a favorite show*

Thanks! 💕🥺

I really needed to hear the "slow down and don't rush, you have time." bit. I have a habit of rushing I want my lore to manifest itself magically in a day because im excited to know about my world LMAO 😂 So yeah, I have to remind myself of that really often.

Me: thinking about making a story *New video by Oliver* Me: 👁👄👁

I’m drawing my buffy gay ghost boy and I’m happy. Be happy when u draw ur characters people.

And also if you want to learn about something but you cant make yourself do it, for example horse riding, you can create a world where ur characters are equestrians and there you go, now you have to learn things :D and its more fun because you can decide on how YOUR character represents themselves and if they do the things correctly and etc (also the stables drama is so BIIG that u wont be bored XD)

I wonder how to start making a world when you have an idea on the universe? also how to work on starting oc's when you also have an idea?