Fun with Web Strips

One of the things Bob got me fired up about was writing my own web strip. After brainstorming some ideas, I finally nailed down the theme I wanted to run with. Three days later I've learned two things. First, writing web strips is a piece of cake. Second, writing web strips is the hardest thing to do...ever! After writing my new web strip for, oh, I don't know, maybe 15 minutes, I was well into my third week of storylines. These things were coming fast and furious. Sure, these were drafts, but the jokes and characters and topics and all that good stuff werejust flowing out of me. "Why didn't I do this earlier?" I asked myself. After awhile, I decided to let my first draft rest for the night and I turned in, excited for having churned out some really good ideas. The next day I read through what I had written. What complete and utter garbage. The jokes and characters and topics and all that good stuff was total drivel. It sure flowed out of me with ease, but from the smell of what I was reading, it wasn't worth keeping. "Why the hell did I bother?" I asked. Of course, time has passed, and I've realized how fun and challenging writing these strips can be. Sure, the ideas flow fast, and it's "easy" to get out only a few panels needed for one strip, but the rewriting needed to make it actually funny and worth reading is a bear. You have to whittle it down to the bare essentials, and cut the rest. It's tough. It's time consuming. But it's also very rewarding. Now I just need to write day two...