#1 MISTAKE Beginner Mangakas Make (according to PRO Japanese Mangakas)

Writing a whole manga series as a beginner is like trying to build an operating system as a beginner programmer.

Another idea too: If you have an idea for a manga, but you sincerely feel like it can't be told in one chapter, there may be a way to meet in the middle. Why not create a one chapter manga that can act as a sort of trailer/proof of concept for your entire longer story? That way, you can practice on what you want it to be and get feedback on the manga idea before it's even fully released to help improve? If the chapter is popular enough, then you could create your longer story based on it with supporters backing you on the project.

Making a oneshot sounds fun

Gotta be honest this channel deserves more attention. I have a manga story I’ve really wanted to make and have plans for it if it needs be cut.

Doujinshi authors really mastered the way to tell a story in 20 pages

DUDE THIS IS LITERALLY ME! I started out wanting to make a 90+ page comic as my 1st release! That project died (obviously, right?) and I learned that too much too fast was a GREAT way to kill a project! From there I did a 20-ish page one-shot and actually finished that! It helped me gauge my limits and learn a pipe-line I could work with. Now I'm trying out a series type deal with about 8-ish pages per month. Making things smaller-scale and more manageable for yourself actually allows you to get more done!

Basically the main problem of a lot of beginning filmmakers; trying to make a feature right out of the gate and yet not even being able to edit 2 minutes of film that anybody would be interested in looking at without being bored to tears. Too many people just don't want to put in the work to hone their craft, and believe their a natural born genius.

I showed my portfolio yesterday, and they said that my biggest mistake was: no backgrounds, pages too dark and too repetitive angles

To be honest, I think that one shots and short stories are great not only for the publishers and aspiring mangakas, but also for some part of the potential audience. For example, I am not a big fan of buying every issue of a manga that has 100 chapters. It's like a book series and costs as much as one (in a shop, physical copy, maybe the cost flacuates in online shops). But an anthology of short stories? One shot with a price of an average book, that does not require more costs from me? Great! I can read something nice without the need to feel that I have to keep my attention for a long time or wait for the next issue being published in my country.

Honestly, these apply to everything, whether you writing a book, making a game to even directing a film. Always start small, and don't get caught up in world-building when storytelling is what is going to sell your world every great one started with a short story or short film. You will feel so proud when you finish your first project and that sense of accomplishment is a great boost no matter how small it is but it will stand as a great learning experience and foundation for yourself and future projects. I myself have been doing 3-page shorts followed by a short story on the side, they have been well received and now looking forward to expanding to a much larger but manageable project =:D

I love one-shots, they can be super entertaining and don't drain me emotionally!

i am someone who is self taught and wanted to do a story for 100 chapters and was really ready to but then i realised i didnt know how to do even 1 chapter so ive been learning how to make a one shot

I'm starting to see this in my own stories, too. Right now, I am making a fan comic series of Undertale called Nametale and so far I have 296 comic pages (about 125 pages each chapter). It took me six years to make it this far, due to some delays and personal things in my life. I still didn't give up on the project, but I haven't been working on it for a while. I did try mini fan comics of Deltarune, which helped in limiting my pages while practicing my storytelling skills. It is good advice to start small and then grow to bigger projects to keep up the passion drive. Another good advice is that if you truly wish to make a longer story, it's better to write the entire script before you start the drawing process. I can't tell you how much this helped me in keeping Nametale alive despite not working as efficiently on the drawings. It keeps the story alive and you already have your beginning, middle and end. Anyway, thank you for this interesting video and God bless!! 😄☺🎨

3:58 the one shot. Some of those stories have been my faves~ or a single volume one short, 5 episodic chapters with a similar theme beginning middle and end.

So true. I see many people who start to do their Manga/Comic only for them to stop at the middle of the story. It is because the Author get stuck in the middle of a story, not knowing where to go next. Other reasons are that some Authors are in College or have a busy Schedule. My recommendation is to Plan Ahead before working on your Comic/Manga.

A wonderful video that is a much needed call to reality for many aspiring authors who think this is easy. - FORTUNATELY, I am not one of those! I know it's going to take years, even decades to tell my story, but in the past years ive been working on it, and as I produce more and more chapters, the fire and desire to tell the story, properly, before time runs out, has only gotten stronger! Each week of not telling the story, is a chapter that will never be told in the end, and I think that is a disservice to the story and the characters who deserve to have their whole story told. It means many of the biggest moments, will never exist in the first place. We do not have infinite time in this world, so why NOT tell the story we truly want to get off our hearts? After all, the best way to guarantee a story will never be told, is to keep pushing it back while you wait to be "ready", no?

use a one-shot as a hook/trailer. i was thinking of making a few for my story ideas to gauge whether i can do a full comic series. this convinced me to do so ^^

I love how this video is filled with nichijou

really great video! starting with a oneshot is also way less complicated for planning everything out

So happy I found this Channel, thanks for the great advise