My new blog

[lborl]

This is my new blog, all about trying to write Future Shocks for 2000ad. That's the idea at least. My first posting is up today and it's basically a load of blather. If I know people are visiting it I should be shamed into keeping it up, and hopefully that will pressure me into actually working on some Future Shocks so that I have something to write about.

Essentially and eventually

a) you'll see an inspiring rags to riches story of a guy (me) realizing a cherished ambition or
b) you can watch me crash and burn on my arse.

How can you lose?

Link: http://futureblock.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My blog

[Noisybast]

Good stuff. Keep it up!

[pauljholden]

Hey, good luck with it - I started a http://www.pauljholden.com'>blog in 2000* with a view to keeping track of trying to break into 2000AD, too. Worked out all right for me.

-pj
*Then deleted it, then restarted it, then deleted it, then restarted it.

[Radbacker]

good luck man wish I had the creativity to try something like that.

CU Radbacker

[Byron Virgo]

Thing is with Future Shocks is that, back in't day, you could probably make your way by sending one in every couple of weeks, as long as you had enough ideas. These days, with fewer people working on the comic, there's less time to deal with the subs pile, and as it's generally considered bad form to send in one before you've had a response on your previous script, which can mean a wait of several months.

So don't think that getting a single FS in 2000AD will suddenly propell you into the Big Leagues, but do stick with it because it can be fun, and a great way of learning the craft - after all, the best way to improve as a writer is to write as much as you can as often as you can. Nothing beats experience. And remember to take feedback on the chin; another important thing writers need to learn is how to satisfy an editor, and Matt is usually pretty good at pointing out the errors in a script (plus, remember you can rewrite a rejected FS if you try and follow what the editor tells you - a lot of people just give up, which is a mistake). Peer feedback can be a useful though steep learning curve, so if you have't already, why not try joining a group like Scriptdroids, where other people - pros and wannabes - can weigh in with their opinions? Just remember not to listen to people who waffle at length on messageboards about subjects they know nothing about...

Anyway, good luck with it, and hope to see you in the prog someday.
















...Oh, and other than Mozart and Puccini, opera is terribly overrated.