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what do you think of the characters in my dios? do you like or dislike the ones i use, is there any i shouldnt use and is there any i should use more?
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Works fine for me, I don't get to read your dios very quickly and don't comment because of that, but character selection seems fine, no complaints to express.
[QUOTE]i do a lot of one shots where i can introduce new characters and give those who otherwise would have no face time, their share of the spotlight. are the one shots a good idea, or should i just work on one main storyline?
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I say go with what makes you happy. I have found the major thing is if the person who is writing enjoys it then the quality comes accross fine.
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have some gun battles in my dios, but mostly hand to hand fighting, is the ratio in my dios good, or should i focus more on one or the other?
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Again this is your comfort zone and what you want to do with your creations. If hand to hand is what works for you , roll with it, if gun battles float your boat, go ahead. Action is second to story in my mind.
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i sometimes have vehicles in my dios, but usually there just there for props, does this work or should i use them in action more.
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On this one I will say it doesn't hurt to have some of those props recieve useage, it gives a feel of reality to it.
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should i have more big battles with lots of characters or should i keep them short as to focus more on a few characters?
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Again this is a preference thing, I will say that you can easliy burn yourself out with the huge battles if you do them just as a big splash page with no point, at splash page number 10 you will be like "OK what's the point." Sure they look cool but are alot of work and need to go somewhere or the big battles are pointless and a pointless battle is boring.
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what characters would you like to see in future dios?
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Well obviously if I wanted to see certain characters I would add them into my own
So not a question I can answer.
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what kind of story lines would you like to see?
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Here is my thought, what kind of storylines would YOU like to see, that is what I want to see. I get more interested is a story or plot than pretty pictures. I could tell you many authors I hate for that reason (I won't list them though but it might suprize some people if I did).
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if there is anything i can do that you think might make them better let me know, more action, more character development, whatever, just give me some pointers.
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HMMM sounds like you have hit a stage all of us hit at one point or another. We pour everything we got into it and feel like we get nothing back. A common occurence I have found is that people tend to wait to read and then by the time they do its so long after the posting that they don't comment (I get a few of these via e-mail or PM, but its rare that I do, and of course I have been doing this since 2002 so alot more opertunities for such moments, but again very rare).
I think once I did a study based on web stats that I get one comment per 20 visitors, that was a few years ago but that probably has changed by now.
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Well for starters, one thing I have always found increasingly tough about dio is actually getting positive or constructive feedback, alot of people just dont have the time anymore to read them.
Which is honestly one of the main drawbacks, theres really nothing worse in going all out for 4-5 weeks sometimes longer to make your storyline and then only 1 or 2 people read it.
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Which is a great point, to add to that you also have people who think "Well what can I add that hasn't been said and not say "Everyone else covered my thoughts." its a hard thing to do to just say "good job" every post.
Hope I was a bit helpfull