Scott's Portfolio (W)

[Scott]

Hey there! My name is Scott (duh) and I'm a writer, or at least, I claim to be one! A quick bit of info about me, and then on with the glamorous show of talentless wonders

I'm 23, currently unemployed (booooo), and have no writing aspirations. That is to say, I don't intend to make a career out of writing. The general themes I tend to stick to are Fantasy (magical types being my favorite), Sci-fi and to a much lesser degree, Supernatural and Romance. I tend to find I can write romance stuff, but I don't have a preference towards it.

In terms of my writing, I've jumped about a lot, but the one thing I know for sure is that I can't write anything that's particularly long. I tend to lose interest in the story, or hate my own style of writing, which often goes round in circles and leads nowhere.

I'm not very good at explaining myself, but oh well!

Some of my work can be found at:

LostVyse DeviantArt

I've decided I'm going with a bit of a blank slate here, so once I actually have some work (and not just ideas and stuff), you'll see it here Also gonna scan through my portfolio for anything that people might want to read!


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Critique Me Please

I'm currently of two minds about this piece, so I'll give a quick description of my thoughts, and then give you an example of it (the first page). I do have 3 pages in total, but as I said, I'm not really sure about it.

Necromancer Girl

Theme: Supernatural/Comedy

This is a story about a young girl named Nina who is able to use incredible necromancy, to the point where adult necromancers are quite jealous. She has a companion in the form of Gregory, a cat plushie which had a soul stuffed into it by accident (by Nina). Nina tends to make a lot of mistakes, doing unsightly things which she tries to fix and usually makes worse.

The trouble I'm having with this series is that I originally planned on having it be in the style of one page a week, with each page being its own little story. Unfortunately, as you may read, I've ended up using quite a lot of panels, and I think it might be a little cluttered. I'm tempted to switch style to a 4-koma style manga, where you use 4 panels to tell a short story/joke. I plan on doing a bit of background checking into 4-koma anyway, as I haven't really read many, but I want everyone's opinion on the current style, and whether you think I should switch or not. Here's the first page:

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Page 1

Panel 1 (Small Panel, third width, third length)

We see Nina, Gregory and a tombstone. Nina is holding a spade. Nina is facing the tombstone, whilst Gregory is facing Nina.

Nina - "I'm gonna summon a zombie!"

Panel 2 (Same size as 1, next to 1)

Nina starts to glow with an aura of sorts. Her eyes are now closed.

Gregory - "Do you even know who you're summoning?"

Panel 3 (Same as 1, next to 2)

The aura around Nina grows larger, and a small part of it trails towards the ground in front of the tombstone. Gregory has stepped back.

Nina - "Don't distract me Gregory. I'm doing important things."

Panel 4 (Half width, third length, below 1)

A close up on the ground beneath the tombstone. A hand is coming out of the ground. It is wrinkly and decayed, the skin around the pinky has completely come away showing purely the bone.

Panel 5 (Same as 4, next to 4)

Back to seeing all three, the zombie is now standing, his arms lifted forward in the normal style of a zombie. He is wearing a suit which is in tatters.

Nina - "See Gregory, everything is fine."
Gregory - "Right..."

Panel 6 (Same as 1, below 4)

Same as panel 5. Nina and Gregory both looked shocked.

Zombie - "So what do you two need an undead lawyer for?"

Panel 7 (Same as 1, next to 6)

Nina is holding the shovel, which is connected to the zombie's head.

Gregory - "Kill it quick!"
SFX - Thwack!

Panel 8 (Same as 1, next to 7)

The zombie is lying on the floor, and Nina is poking it with the spade.

Gregory - "Always check who you're summoning. The world doesn't need any more lawyers..."
Nina - "Yes Gregory..."
SFX - Poke

Feel free to crit the script itself.


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Older Works

I generally store stuff on google docs now, so here's the works I have available for viewing.

Easter Manga Forge Challenge Scripts

Easter Bunny Showdown

Easter Present

The Death of the Easter Bunny

[oreo_81369_17]

maaaaan I dunno what you're talkin about~ i like you stuff!
OH MY GOSH!! I....have....OTL like 4 pages done broski~ I"m sorryyyyy I suck and haven't put them up here or anything yet ;_____;

[Scott]

Lol, I think I'm just having some confidence issues at the minute, what with not being able to get a job and all But I'm glad to hear that you've got 4 pages done ^_^

[oreo_81369_17]

ahhh~ i see~ GOOD LUCK!! with gettinga job o3o yes I"m sorry that's all i have OTL

[Capousky]

Hey Scott!!! Glad to see you here again, your writing skills are epic, you only need to give the great step and start with the script creation (which I think you are starting to do now).

I remember that story you were making with starltrubymoon, hope you can show it here soon ^^

[Anni]

Love all of your plot, you are so immaginative and paradossal at times.
i really would like to see one of your story finished (i mean with the pages draw), guess i should wait, artists are lazy!!!

[Scott]

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I feel like I forgot to check here after I last posted, and now I check and realise there are two more posts

Woops

Thanks for the comments! The mangas are coming along, though I imagine they won't be seen till like...sometime in the summer. That's my hopeful date

Hopefully I'll get some more scripts done soon though, what with Script Frenzy coming up And maybe some random stories to boot



And maybe an Easter Manga Forge Egg

[Capousky]

Indeed!!!! Easter Manga for the win!!!!

[Scott]

It'll only be a script, but it'll be the first one I work on for Script Frenzy, so that the script at least is ready in time for reading for Easter ^_^

[Scott]

Easter Manga Idea:

The Manga Forge Crew go on an epic journey across dangerous lands, in search of the almighty Easter Egg of Manga. They meet familiar faces along the way, till they finally arrive at the location of the mysterious egg. But what is inside the egg?

Characters:

Shooby - Pirate Captain, leader of the Manga Forge Crew. Found the map leading to the egg, and set the crew in search of it believing it to be made of chocolate.

Android 18 - Shipwright. Constantly confused with the character from Dragonball Z, Android 18 was ironically named after the character by the rest of the crew when they realised that she looked a little like her.

Dark Neko - Right hand of Shooby. Literally. When Neko and Shooby disagree, life gets very complicated for both of them.

Capousky - Crew member/spy. Capousky is actually a unicorn dressed in a suit, attempting to disguise the fact that she is in fact a pirate.

Matahachi - Military. Mata alone fights off any attackers. And beats them. He is believed to be everyone's father, but he denies it any time he is asked. Truelly evil underneath his good disguise.

Anni - Mapper. Though her job on the ship is to draw maps, she tends to draw everything else along the way as well, which can sometimes get a bit messy and leaves her covered in paint and other artistic devices.

Nekopan - A stray Catbread they picked up, which has stayed on the ship ever since.

Vampirekitty - Another stray cat, though this one happens to be a vampire. It constantly tries to bite any crew member that comes close enough, but is usually foiled by Nekopan.

Explodingdragon - Navigator dragon. Though an expert at his job, he unfortunately explodes as soon as he gives directions. Eventually he reforms, but it takes time.

Techs and Kosmos - A pair of sailors who sit at the side of the boat, drinking and keeping their eyes out for hot women or on the very rare chance, mermaids. Cappy occasionally joins them, which leads the rest of the crew to wonder if she is a pervert herself.



Guest Appearances?:

Prehanh - Tree number 3. Hiding underneath this tree is the Easter Egg. After taking the Egg away, the tree shrinks, and grows itself a pot, asking to join the crew.

The Others - Sometimes known as Shooby's army of super ninjas, they are constantly keeping themselves undetected by everyone else. So much so that it once became a game for some of the crew to try and spot them. Realising the futility of this, as they were for all purposes invisible, they have given up. (This is everyone that disappears from Manga Forge )


Locations:

Manga Forge - The ship they sale on. It improves after every voyage, become more appealing, bigger, and generally having more weapons at its disposal.

The Spam Horse - The bar where the crew relaxes between voyages. Tends to get destroyed on a frequent basis, but is usually rebuilt within moments.


That's about what I've got so far. Ideas/suggestions/complaints?

Capousky

EDIT: I have just noticed the extra Capousky. There's a very good reason for that. Essentially, as I was typing it, I remembered someone else, put it above Cappy, and then forgot that I'd typed Cappy. So...now it looks weird

[SleazyRum]

Made. Of. Win.
Mata sounds like the worlds most dodgiest man. XD

Keep up the good work!

[Capousky]

Amazing!!! I really love this!!! I have to tell Shoobers to take a look, she will love this story!!!!!


You should add Anni too, she is a very important crew member ^__^

[Scott]

*facepalms*

Too many people...

I have Anni on my other list, I shall now add her to this one

[Capousky]

Itīs ok. I think this adventures will be very interesting

[Anni]

Hey your idea is great Scott, the characters description make me laugh a lot!!!
cannot wait to see it finished!!