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Why fifteen pages?

It should be 50 to 60 btw

There are some manga one-shot contests were the max page count is required to be 15 pages. But I don't remember which one I was referring to because the comment is old.

​@@GodsPhantasy each sheet of paper is folded into 2, hence you will have 4 sides/pages with each paper. So your page count should be counted in the matters of 4, unless you have spreadpages. Add the cover page, and you will have 16

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Super great to hear that! Best of luck!

I'm writing a one shot but its on the more longer side to short to be series but to long to be a typical one shot

Oh damn, how's it going man? Dope to meet another alumni! Glad my videos could help, I appreciate the support! Good luck with your projects!

Did u ever make a one shot? I'm curious

Correct Death Note’s One Shot was a rare occurrence. It got that many pages because it was by the original creators who created a HIT. The typical Shonen Jump one shot for anyone would else would be around 21-45 pages. Sadly the west is very different, and magazines might literally give you a page limit. The 15 page limit mentioned in the video was the MAXIMUM amount of pages I could submit for Saturday Am’s One Shot Competition. Obviously if you’re just creating a one shot for fun, you could make it 100 pages if you really wanted, but in the professional field you might be forced to work under a strict page count

@@MonitorComics I am trying to hire an artist for a one shot would you be interested ?

@@mathewchesser5531 Thank you for the offer, but at the moment my commissions are currently closed! Best of luck!

I think depends on what manga it is, I find most oneshots which include greater character dynamics and action to normally be above 40 or so pages.

Like Gokuraku-gai Sanbandori no Ken, Goodbye, Eri and sakamoto. (Especially Goodbye Eri lmao)

thanks bro XD

I'm really glad this video could help! Thanks for taking the time to watch and sharing all of that! Best of luck to you and your friend!

Of course! I'm really glad my stuff can be of use! Thanks for taking the time to watch all of my videos and leaving a comment! I really appreciate it! Best of luck with your manga!!

Super glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to check this video out and leaving a comment! Best of luck with your submission!

Thank you so much, that means a lot!! I appreciate your support!!

@@MonitorComics Keep up the good work!

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed!

Thank you so much! I'm happy you enjoyed it! Best of luck with your one shot!

Really glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the nice comment!

Thank you for taking the time to comment! My published series is set to debut in Saturday AM in March! If you have their mobile app downloaded you'll be able to read my manga for free when it drops!

Of course! I'm happy you enjoyed the video! Thanks for taking the time to watch and leaving a comment!

Thank you for taking the time to share! Personally, I’ve seen authors work both ways. With one shots you need to keep the story restrained to a small amount of pages. You are encouraged to present concepts and ideas you would like to explore in a larger series. Like the Naruto one shot example, the character Naruto was still in it and the concept of ninjas and the nine tailed fox were in it. The overall plot of the one shot was much simpler than anything the Naruto series explored. If your one shot is published as a series then of course you’ll further develop the ideas and come up with new ones. Some series are based on ideas from the one shots while others change the concepts but keep the characters. Hopefully that helps!

@@MonitorComics Okay, so I guess I'll just mention or suggest a few things like the lore, main villain etc. in dialogues... thanks for your reply 😊

I feel Your pain... Well, at least i make a One-Shot Idea and a One-Shot only with 10 Pages.... Now its Just i Write The Story

@@drquem4279 I ended up working on a whole series 😂

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That's awesome to hear! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and share! Best of luck with your one shot!

@@MonitorComics No problem buddy. Hope to enter in Medibang.

Thank you for the comment, I totally agree haha. Back when I did projects on my own, I'd always give myself at least 30-45 pages for a one-shot. Mostly because 45 is the magic number in Japan for pilot chapters and first chapters. Unfortunately, that's not how it went at Saturday AM haha. Some people were given even fewer pages than 15. I got lucky and was given the max number. It was all up to the publisher who reviewed the pitches. I'm guessing it was a challenge since the one-shot contest I entered was an annual event. It was definitely a rough experience because how can you pace a story reasonably in only 15 pages. Our publisher told us "I could give you a million pages and it wouldn't make a difference, a real author can tell a compelling story in the limit given." In the end, if you're just making one shot's for your own enjoyment, give yourself as many pages as you need haha.

I'm glad the video could help! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! Happy to hear you're writing your own project! There are many artists out there looking to partner with writers! Best of luck!

@@MonitorComics Oh I wish I could find someone who I could collaborate with but dont know where To Start xD

@@maverick12070 Funny enough, Facebook Groups dedicated to digital art, comics, or manga are where I see them the most. My next bet would be on a blog site like Amino. Instagram and Twitter are also good, but a little less effective. They're definitely out there though, but artists are selective! Make sure you have sample writing pieces or a few chapters written so you can really sell yourself when the opportunity arises! Good luck!

Thank you for taking the time to share! I really appreciate it! Your superhero story Carbon Copy (love the name!!!!) sounds super cool! As far as your one shot goes, I like the concept but I have a few notes. For one, a one-shot should have minimal backstory and focus on the present. From the sound of your description, it seems like you want to explore the character's past. I would either save that for a series or make your entire one-shot revolve around the past hero only. My other note has to do with her destroying an entire army in one spell. I just want you to keep power balance in mind when developing these characters because overpowered characters can get boring really quickly. Aside from those two notes, I think you have some cool ideas! I think it should be fine for a one-shot! Best of luck!!

Glad I could help! I appreciate the nice comment! Best of luck!!

I'm glad this video could help! There's nothing "wrong" with working on longer projects. One-Shots are just another type of story A lot of competitions held by publishers tend to be One-Shot focused because they don't have the time to read an entire novel from every entry, so they like to see what they can do in short form

Gracias!

That's awesome to hear! Thank you for taking the time to share! Best of luck!

Haha glad I could help random commenter!

that's so cool, thank you!

@@MonitorComics you inspire me, keep up the fantastic work!

I'm happy to hear that!! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! Best of luck with your project!

@@MonitorComics thank you I hope your still doing good on yours

Depends on whether or not you plan to do art. If you do, practice art non-stop. If you can't, start with light novels. Dont underestimate the amount of work an artist does for a manga- unless you can pay, you need to get yourself a good reputation as a author before you can begin writing manga for artists to draw. If you're lucky, you can get a manga adaption for your light novels.

@@CJMoo-zm8zw he possibly meant, for example he has a manga made or light novel made already, how can he make it published? thats possibly his question

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@@MonitorComics I go to Lehigh too lmao

@@ianbyrne465 Yooo small world, I'm currently a senior haha. Shoot me a DM sometime!

@@MonitorComics hell yeah, absolutely man!

Awesome! Thank you for sharing and taking the time to comment! Good luck!

Basically I’m getting at, do you need a one shot in your pitch phase instead of a pilot like chapter one, not the same as like a one off one shot that could be 60 pages but basically as you say, proof you can do this. I also thought in the pitch phase along with chapter1, you provided an outline/summary of the story as a whole to show you have at least a concrete story to tell with themes that they can look at and see if itll be profitable or “worth it” long term

This is a good idea, thank you for sharing! Personally, I would never recommend drawing with a mouse. There are meme videos online of people doing the "mouse only" challenge, but it isn't efficient at all. I always recommend drawing tablets. There are two types, pen tablets, and screen tablets. Screen tablets are a bit more expensive and are pretty much Ipads. I use a screen tablet called a Wacom Cintiq 13 inch tablet. Pen Tablets are more affordable but harder to use in my opinion. You basically draw on it and the image appears on your computer screen. Some people can get used to not seeing exactly where you draw, but I could never get used to it and just saved up until I could afford a screen tablet. The pen tablet I used to own was Wacom Bamboo Tablet! Hope that helps until I make the video!

I actually have a video and a livestream vod about brainstorming you can find on this channel!

@@MonitorComics oh alr cool, thanks

Not necessarily! A lot of one shots have very similar concepts and themes found in the main series.

It would be a similar process, just more descriptive and less visual. At the end of the day, the biggest thing you need to understand about one shots is "the story ends here, there is no more." For a light novel, I've seen some people make one shots that are 1 Chapter, 5 Chapters, or a volume length Size isn't as important as just telling a complete story. Some manga one shots break the rules as well and have page counts of like 60-100 when the standard is 19, 21, or 45

Yes! It was one of my oldest videos so I ended up remaking it. Most of the information was moved into my video about self publishing and traditional publishing: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL1njMKC2a20qIE.html&ab_channel=MonitorComics The elevator pitch template I learned from my publisher is about 7 minutes into the video!

Thank you for the comment! I think a little bit of development is necessary for a one shot. As for how much I'll refer to the basic story structure I use when pitching a story (Who is the protagonist? What Does the protagonist want to achieve? How does the protagonist go about accomplishing what they want to achieve? What stands in their way? How do they overcome the obstacle? How is the protagonist affected in the end." I think you can play around with HOW much development to give, a basic example I can think of is an obnoxious boy who needs to save his friend from monsters. In order to save his friend he realizes he needs to be smart and take things seriously because he could die. After the adventure, he saves his friend and by the end, he is less reckless because he learned the importance of life and how easy it could be taken away. I think stories like that have an emotional wrap up that can be satisfying for a reader. The importance of a one shot is to tell a full story that comes to a fitting end. Of course this isn't the only solution, you could also go the route of taking your reader for a roller coaster ride and focus mainly on the plot and sequence of events. The new death note one shot is a perfect example of this because we are introduced to a new main character, he accomplishes what he wants to do, but he ends up dying in the end. His character never changed and life as he knew it stayed the same, but the reader still went through a rollercoaster of events because they were dragged along for the ride. Hopefully this answered your question and could help a bit lol

@@MonitorComics Ohh i see i see Thxx this really helped me a lot 👍👍

No. A one shot just needs to introduce and tell a completed story. You should be thinking of a one-shot as its own thing, not a tiny part of something bigger I'd recommend reading some one-shots to see what I mean. In the Naruto one-shot, it takes place during a random mission. In the One Piece one-shot, it takes place as soon as Luffy leaves his hometown One-Shots are meant to be a quick, concise way to test a story and concepts. That's why many lead to a bigger series based on it When you try to work backwards (turning a large story idea into a one shot) you can run into a lot of problems

One Punch Man is an example of a bad artist getting successful by writing well. The webcomic had pretty trashy art, but Yusuke Murata loved the story and ideas so much he decided to partner with ONE to re-illustrate it. Long story short, if your story, writing, and characters are good, you can get away with bad art.

Thank you so much I really appreciate your support! Unfortunately I do not have a discord server at the moment, mostly because I haven't found people to moderate it yet. I plan to look more into it over the summer!

@@MonitorComics can I be a mod in your server.

Awesome! I'm glad my videos could help! Keep working hard and take advantage of Saturday Am's contests and submission periods! Best of luck!

A one shot is self contained, meaning it's a one and done deal. The average one-shot length is 25 pages, 45 pages, or 60 pages, but it can be shorter or longer if you want, those are just common numbers

That is totally possible! The One Piece one shot was similar and brought a lot of elements to the series

Every publisher is different but the "usual number" most Japanese ones shots are 45 Pages!

copperX That’s mainly up to you and if you think it will benefit the story. A bit of world building is probably necessary to set the scene. If your one shot is a passion project or for fun then you can really do whatever you want. One shot’s are intended to be the “first drafts” of a potential series. If you’re entering a competition or something more professional you might want to keep worldbuilding minimal because editors can tell when people are trying to shove a 100 volume epic into a one shot or disguising their one shot with their actual chapter 1. In the professional field nobody is guaranteed anything with a one shot so focus on presenting what you’re good at and cut the fat of the story.

LOL he shows his face a lot more these days on his own channel and on Instagram live, so I figured it wouldn't be that big of a deall. You had me sweating for a minute haha.

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to share! I really appreciate it! My best advice would be to focus on trimming it down to fit a one-shot length! Focus on one main storyline about Nadia the Witch and focus it on that. Your one shot should introduce your character, introduce some struggle, and resolve that struggle within your page limit. For one-shots, it's best to keep things simple! As far as your ideas being "mediocre," I would suggest focusing on your execution. Nothing is 100% original and story techniques like "the hero's journey" has been done a million times before! My best advice for you would be to just give it a shot and learn from the experience! I hope that could help!

@@MonitorComics hi it may sound like an inconvenience to you but I may ask do I have to make a short story about her? All I have to do is break the one shot into 3 parts to make it make sense. Is that right? Like the Romance story of One Piece one shot made by Mr. Eiichiro Oda before its serialization.

@@kingme974 When you say break the one shot into 3 parts, are you just referring to "past, present, future" or 3 chapters worth of content? Romance Dawn also had many one shots before it eventually became One Piece, but they all told a singular short story that introduced Luffy, his motivation, and the chapter ended with him resolving a conflict. I can provide more advice once I hear back! All the best!

Different publishers have different competitions! Just follow them on social media and keep an eye out for when contests are! The company I work with, Saturday AM, has yearly contests! This year's just ended so submissions should open again next March! If you're picked you might be able to have your one-shot published in the magazine!

@@MonitorComics amazing. Thank you very much

Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment I really appreciate it! The short answer is YES of course! Go Nagai, the author of the Devilman series had a completely different vibe in his one-shot version Mao Dante. Toriyama's Dragonball was also a bit different from its one-shot Dragon Boy. Attack On Titan's one shot was COMPLETELY DIFFERENT and had a different set of characters that may have inspired the current ones. Usually, ideas from the one-shots develop into the full-fledged series. Hope that helps!

@@MonitorComics thank you very much this clears a lot of things up

At the end of the day, the story's writing is all that really matters! A story can look absolutely beautiful and make ZERO SENSE LOL. It may get sales for the art alone, but it'll never be respected as an actual "good piece of work!" Keep building up your skills and don't give up! Best of luck!

Thanks for taking the time to check this video out and leaving a question! In most cases, it is a LOT easier to create the one shot FIRST, and then if you like the ideas in the one shot, you work on developing it as a series AFTERWARDS It's a lot harder to work backwards and trying to plan EVERYTHING at first and then scaling it back to fit a one shot Every one shot is different. In the Naruto one shot, the only "main characters" were Naruto and Iruka, sasuke and sakura weren't even invented yet. The One shot was very different than what the Naruto series would become but it showcased a few elements that had potential (the art style, the titular character, the powers, and the world) The same can be said for the numerous One Piece one shots that would later inspire the series. Many of them solely focused on Luffy using his power to solve some problem in the world For your project, you're going to have to think much smaller and focus on a few elements you want to get across. Maybe that's only focusing on one or two characters, the powers, briefly introducing the setting, and have them deal with a problem that can be resolved in a short amount of pages

The one thing to remember is that ONE SHOTS are DIFFERENT from Chapter 1's. So you definitely don't want to end on a cliffhanger or "what they're about to do" In my experience working as a judge for Saturday AM's One-Shot contest this year, pitches that sound like "Chapter 1's" are immediately rejected A one shot's only purpose is to showcase "what could be" in a small amount of pages

@@MonitorComics aaa yes thankyou the thing is I at the beginning I had already like thought of a story and continued with it and created a lot of characters before and as I worked then I searched and I forgot about the one shot and now I am finding it a bit hard because I have all these ideas and I cant think of a way do to like shorten but yes thankyou this is helping me a lot I really appreciate it. yes I read the Naruto and the one piece one shot I enjoyed reading them they made sense like the way they both showed few things compared to the manga anime we know now but with those few things made a story good, the thing is that I was struggling with was that I and couldnt understand at what time and when do you begin and how to continue with it and because I have almost a whole story written down thats why I am getting confused because I cant create a one shot that technically makes sense because of the story i have

@@MonitorComics I see so I can do my oneshot like from a middle part and create a situation and show the things that are important for the story but in like 15 pages or 20 pages. or can began at any point of the story as long as it makes sense and has like situation that the main characters can solve in like 15-20 ? and do i show the important things of the story like what it is about in a short way ?

@@MonitorComics and another thing that confused me was that like that the naruto one piece berserk felt like they could be first chapters and i thought you have to work like your creating a first chapter began with your character make them fight for example solve it and end it

Not at all! Sometimes magazines might ask you to submit a one shot first though. But if you are making manga for fun or as a hobby then no!

Just front, so 10-15 pages total. Every one-shot competition is a bit different though, that's just the average number I've encountered. If you aren't entering a contest, then you can make it any length you want. Japanese One-Shots tend to be more around 45 pages. Hope that helps!

@@MonitorComics wow that seems really short! You really do have to think how to make it work

@@RUdigitized it’s definitely a challenge! I’ve heard of some other competitions with shorter page counts like 1-5. It all depends on the specific publisher or contest

That's good to know! Thanks for the information!

@@MonitorComics i should be the one thanking you cuz I learned a lot, the 3 chapter rules, the different type of story telling, professional storyboards etc…. fr god bless you !!

If you are going from the prexisting series->one shot route yes, it needs to be simplified and self contained. With that being said though, it is much easier to just make a story specifically for a one shot, which is why some competitions ask you to make something exclusive for the contest

thanks kaiwe :''')

Cuz he started last week XD jk

Yeah and the event itself is competitive to get into. Out of like hundreds of applicants, only like 10 are selected to compete, and out of those 10 only like 4 are published regularly as series

@@MonitorComics God damn only 4😅