User blog comment:Bonkilemonster/Total Drama Gone Wild: Progress! (No.3)/@comment-26157209-20140821093204

So I may have forgotten to comment on the last one... but I will make a good comment this time around!

First of all I am glad you are keeping all of us up-to-date! It's nice to be a ~part~ of the process! And that you are actively working towards solving the issues that we find!

As for the elimination order. (While I will do a Writer's Workshop on it eventually, here is in brief the way I see eliminations.)

Every single elimination should be for plot purposes. (The first out is your iffy space,, since it can be hard!) With that in mind, you seem to be trying to figure out how to balance your plots, and decide which should go further into the story. The way I write, which is more story-based than comedy, I think of the story as a pyramid. At the very top, I have a solid idea that I want to write for, my final 2 characters somehow embody that stoy idea: an example could be that sometimes you need to remember that Total Drama is afteral just a game, and that you should have fun in the experience, and not get hooked into the game.

So while the final 2 characters would clearly showcase that idea, the rest of the cast, and their interactions would somehow build up to that idea- but still have their own stories to tell. At the bottom of the pyramid, there would be a bunch of stories. Some contestants having an alliance, romance, rivalries- the works! For the first part of the story I would focus on those relationships. And then I would move up a level on the pyramid.

That rivalry that everyone thought would make the merge? One of them got eliminated. That love-triangle? Only the guys are left, and the girl made her choice. Now you should look at your contestants again, what stories can I tell? In the case of the rivalry, if the ~mean~ contestant is the one that's left you could assume they would find a new target- but this time they're not as weak-hearted and fight back, creating an alliance against the other. The two guys? Obviously without the girl around to ~calm~ them would get into all sorts of fights- and could divide their team into two alliances. A few chapters later, you can move to the next level of the pyramid again.

Maybe it's the merge now. The new rivalry? It's still going strong. The boys who wanted the girl? Still going on. But maybe the one who didn't get the girl, found a new girlfriend- who happens to be the ~mean~ characters sidekick. Now your merge is divided into two opposing sides. Again, after a few chapters close up a story and move onto the next level

The point being, every few chapters, to me, should feel like as a collective they add up to something. For this reason, my talk-pages are grouped together by chapters. I like to think it helps build stronger stories on the writer's part as well. Because in my story, (minor spoiler) I knew that I wanted the sweet-girl, who happened to get in a rivalry with the thorny-tongued girl to leave early. (For shock value). But that meant I had to develope their rivalry, and conclude it in 4 chapters. So when you look at their rivalry being four chapters long you can think about it more; chapter 1, the girls understand that they are different, chapter 2, they fight over something stupid. 3, the sweet girl is teased constantly by the other. 4, the rivalry between the two leads the team to lose the challenge, and they send the sweet girl home.

Having these ~stories~ have a clearly defined start, and end point should help you decide how to use your ~jokes~ and balance the screen time. With that being said, some stories need more time to develope. Referencing the above pyramid, I actually developed the love triangle in two levels, rather than one. And maybe while you're writing your story you realize that two characters if they interact could be GREAT! That's cool too. The pyramid method, which is all about building smaller stories to create the big picture is just how I write and choose my elimination order- it's not the only way.

I am glad to know that you got answered! It wouldn't be the same if the theme song wasn't used!!

Nate looks so much better now! I still think that his overall head size could shrink down a little bit, the shape itself just seems off, which is why the eyes are so big- to fill the space, it seems. I do like the collar and the jacket though, and that he's taller now!

I'm excited for the auditions! I'm sure you'll be able to find your cast no-issue! We have a wide variety of voices on our wiki itself, and I am sure, as TBTDIF said, most would do so free of charge!