>jynxtherat wrote:
>Hi James, I have a story and would like to have it made
into a comic book. Can you or do you know somebody
who would be able to help me?
Asking around is a good start. What you need to do is
post some script work so artists can decide if they
want to make contact.
As Scrappy Black Dragon mentioned you may need
to 'adjust' stories to make them work as comics.
Here's a few tips that might help in making those
'adjustments' so you can post a workable script. It does
involve a lot of work, but it will help in increasing the
odds in attracting an artist that might be interested in
drawing your story; (and, maybe, establish a career
as a comic book writer.)
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As you write think visually.
Learn how artist create comic panels; write
the story toward that process. Learn drawing/
film terminology. Good writers know just as much
as good artist - they just don't do the actual
drawing - (unless you are going to do both tasks.)
Decide how much freedom you want to give the
artist in rendering your script. (The better the
relationship between writer and artist - the better
the end product. Plus the project gets done.)
Learn as many ways to write scripts: There is no
right or wrong way to produce a script - (unless
the studio/company has a set method/policy;
ie, Marvel.) [Catch-22]
Here's a general script outline you can follow
to get started:
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Page number
Panel number
Description of Panel content and action
1) Character 1 speaking: Let's sneak up on Des.
2) Character 2 speaking: Naw, let's get a pizza.
3) Character 3 speaking: Pizza first, then Des.
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Description means describing what is going on in the
panel: Time, place, plot, character action, key foreground
props, key background props, names of characters
involved, etc. The artist uses this information to draw
the panel. You can leave notes to the artist as well;
anything that will help the artist render what you are
writing about.
[What a writer needs to learn in the description section
is what to put in, and just as important, what to leave out;
ie, mentioning every camera angle.]
Hope this helps to some degree. For beginners, there's
a lot of work in writing a script that an artist would want
to draw.
Good luck and remember to have fun.
Received on Thu Oct 22 2009 - 22:39:08 CDT