People Feelings
Inspired by some comics by Evie Hilliar, and Jin Lau.
You will need:
Brainstorm a few situations in which your personality transforms, you are of two minds about something, or your thoughts or actions are hypocritical.
Pick one and expand it, thinking about how your physical attributes or behaviors might change visibly, or in which you might be depicted as two separate people in conflict.
Get started on your comic, and then look for ways to escalate things radically, deescalate unexpectedly, change the mind of your character, or… just see where it takes you.
If your comic has been about negative thoughts/situations, can you find a find a silver lining? If you’ve been pretty positive, get a little nasty.
Also, sometimes including a third perspective can help, or simply naming something true. The emotional truth of a situation or its cause can be incredibly moving.
No narration, only dialogue.
Example:
Thoughts:
I wish there was a word for situations that are extremely awkward, that are excruciating to witness or participate in at the time, but will be funny or make a good story later. Horrible wedding speeches are a good example, tough to get through in the moment, but great to make fun of for years afterward. I think a word for that feeling would help me identify, observe, and even enjoy those moments as they happen.
Sometimes the awkwardness comes from my own behavior too. That’s usually not funny immediately afterward, but a year or two later, even that can be funny.
Anyway, if you come up with a word for that, let me know.
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