Original Commentary

Did you ever have one of those weeks where one thing after another seems to physically break down inside of you- sometimes even before the last one got better and by the time everything is mostly fixed you're stuck in a deep, deep funk that not even Maple Story can fix? Well, that was my week last week. I now have a ton of backed up work to do, which isn't helping my will to work. So, today I asked Terrence to write a one panel comic, in the hopes of trying to get ahead tonight- which unfortunately didn't happen because it's 2:30 in the morning on Sunday as I'm writing this.

Oh, you want some commentary about the actual comic and not my failing body? Well, ok. Today I asked Terrence just how much he is going to reveal about what happened between Robert and Jane- all he said is that there's going to be a flash back that will go into it... so now you all know as much about what he did as I do. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
If I've got a storyline in progress and I can't or won't explain it to Isabel, that's never a good sign. I don't usually have the whole thing planned out when it starts - especially for longer stories - but if all I've got is "Here's how it begins and trust me, it's going to be awesome", then it's usually not ready to go.

I ought to have the whole thing written before it starts, or at least outlined. It's not uncommon for stories to leave the outline as I write them, but if all I've got at the beginning is a one-sentence pitch, unconnected scenes, and loose feelings, then I probably ought to take another week and get my thoughts together.- Terrence