{"id":4918,"date":"2012-09-10T11:11:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T03:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=4918"},"modified":"2012-09-10T11:12:41","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T03:12:41","slug":"and-so-the-previous-conventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/and-so-the-previous-conventions\/","title":{"rendered":"And so the previous conventions&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nicdiggle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/and-so-the-previous-conventions\/nicdiggle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nicdiggle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nick and Diggle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nicdiggle.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4922\" title=\"Nick and Diggle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nicdiggle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nicdiggle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nicdiggle.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a report on STGCC 2012, I&#8217;ve written it <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sgcafe.com\/2012\/09\/stgcc-2012-at-marina-bay-sands\/\" target=\"_blank\">here on SGCafe<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s Japanese centric so here&#8217;s just a few other memorable notes. For Andy Diggle&#8217;s panel, he says the question is not &#8220;How do I get in comic companies but how to get noticed instead&#8221;. It&#8217;s paraphrasing here and comic writing is more about cutting things out than putting it in since there&#8217;s limited pages or text you can have in a comic.<\/p>\n<p>A good exercise is to start writing a story for 20 pages then cut the same story to 10 and then cut it to 5 and then see if you can cut it to 1 page.<\/p>\n<p>So woaaaaaah.<\/p>\n<p>A summary: STGCC was cool and I hope it&#8217;ll be even better in 2013 and really. Fix their ticketing system.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the other panels and stuff from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herebegeeks.com\/tag\/stgcc-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here Be Geeks<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gamers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/and-so-the-previous-conventions\/gamers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gamers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TGX gamers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gamers.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4919\" title=\"TGX gamers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gamers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gamers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/gamers.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then, there was The Games Expo at the Singapore Expo Hall 5 last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was really &#8220;quiet&#8221;. I only went on Sunday though but it was more of people playing on the computers and while there was a section for card games, I didn&#8217;t know they had one there until I went there!<\/p>\n<p>Too bad since I could have brought my Magic: the Gathering cards to play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mistressofpain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/and-so-the-previous-conventions\/mistressofpain\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mistressofpain.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mistress of Pain from Diablo!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mistressofpain.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4921\" title=\"Mistress of Pain from Diablo!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mistressofpain-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mistressofpain-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/mistressofpain.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Maria as the Mistress of Pain from Diablo for winning the first prize on the second day of the cosplay competition though!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hercostunme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/and-so-the-previous-conventions\/hercostunme\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hercostunme.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Her costume!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hercostunme.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4920\" title=\"Her costume!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hercostunme-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hercostunme-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hercostunme.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The back where her spider thing is actually lights up but she didn&#8217;t switch it on for this shot.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for STGCC and TGX! The next event would be AFA in November.<\/p>\n<p>But first, for those who want to play in the escape game&#8230; The next <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/realegame.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Escape Game <\/a><\/strong>will start from 28-30 September! Try it if you think you&#8217;re puzzle solvers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a report on STGCC 2012, I&#8217;ve written it here on SGCafe. It&#8217;s Japanese centric so here&#8217;s just a few other memorable notes. For Andy Diggle&#8217;s panel, he says the question is not &#8220;How do I get in comic companies but how to get noticed instead&#8221;. It&#8217;s paraphrasing here and comic writing is more about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/10\/and-so-the-previous-conventions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And so the previous conventions&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[191,142,35,123,104,143],"class_list":["post-4918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-stuff","tag-adcrew","tag-adventure","tag-competition","tag-cosplay","tag-games","tag-stgcc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-1hk","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4918"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4925,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918\/revisions\/4925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}