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Really? Sorry, I must’ve missed that one somehow. I answered a similar question a couple years ago though

I’m super flattered someone would ask me of all people for story advice, haha. I guess a good rule-of-thumb is to establish WHAT IS YOUR STORY ABOUT??? Focus on a theme and build the characters and plot around it. Have your characters WANT something. Figure out whether they’ll reach their goals and how.

With Phantomland I went for a story about a young awkward girl who’s got a lot to learn, because that’s easy to relate to. Chie’s stuck in a world of dangers and mean people, her #1 concern is to survive and look for a way out. So when writing each episode I basically ask myself, “what kind of horrible trauma will Chie suffer this time???” “in what clever way will these characters shit on Chie’s hopes and dreams???”

I don’t know, it’s complicated. I could ramble about the topic all night but I’m tired. I hope these points helped you even a little bit, if you have more specific questions I’m happy to answer! You could also google for that list of Pixar’s storytelling tips, it’s quite good as well

Sup! Thanks for the message. It’ll be more clear later in canon; basically senior officers can assemble and lead/manage their own teams so they can work on bigger tasks together. I couldn’t think of a better word than “hire” but I guess it makes sense if there’s some financial benefit to the whole arrangement.

Elias and Amber work independently most of the time while Jon will call them up whenever he needs them for a thing. They’re pretty lax about the hierarchy though and trust each other like friends

Next page is done! I was hoping to finish a second page for today but it’s got a difficult panel in it so I’m not sure yet. Thanks for your interest!