Skip to content
"A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God."
— Sidney Sheldon

Nick Macari

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Superhero: Story Consultant, Editor, Writer in Comics, Video Games and Fiction

  • Bio
  • Writing Craft
  • Non-Fiction
    • Storycraft For Comics
    • Guide to Comics
  • Fiction
    • Samurai Onryo
    • Crashing Eden
    • Excalibur
    • Kalshiera
    • Grandfather’s Assassin
    • Amethyst Horror
  • Comics
    • Incarnate
    • Peerless
    • Ned Kelly
    • Soul Mates
    • Primus 7
  • Games
  • Contact

Month: February 2018

Goals NOT Problems

February 19, 2018June 8, 2019 Nick

You’ll often hear people who teach writing emphasize a story’s “problem.” They say there’s no story without a central problem. Well, Captain Obvious says, “of course a story needs a […]

 Advanced, Discovery

Delayed Inciting Incident

February 16, 2018June 8, 2019 Nick

Your inciting incident or story catalyst is the event or occurrence that change’s the main character’s existing paradigm and allows the story to take place. Everything before the inciting incident […]

 Advanced, Mechanics

Throughlines: Threads of the Story Tapestry

February 16, 2018February 12, 2021 Nick

Ok, so you’ve got a futuristic, dystopic, anime-inspired, story idea for a script, with male and female MC leads… They start off cold towards each other and eventually fall in […]

 Pro Process, Process, Professional  1 Comment

You are a Mirror – TIP

February 14, 2018June 9, 2019 Nick

Eat a bunch of crappy food and you’ll get fat, won’t be able to function optimally and eventually have health problems… Why do you think it works any different with […]

 Miscellaneous, Tips

Overcoming Writer’s Block

February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 Nick

Lot’s of folks complaining of writer’s block lately. Allow me to tell you two stories. “Dave Cant and Joe Donwanna are avid backpackers and survivalists. In an effort to prepare […]

 Miscellaneous

Pitch your Climax

February 5, 2018June 9, 2019 Nick

You’ve probably heard me say “writing is like cooking, best when all the ingredients come together…” Very true. And yet, within the multitude of story “ingredients” there are a few […]

 Advanced, Discovery  1 Comment

Don’t Skim Details – TIP

February 3, 2018June 9, 2019 Nick

If you don’t take the time to visually write it, your artist won’t take much time to draw it, the reader won’t take much time to read it. Don’t be […]

 Technique, Tips

Pacing Primary Escalation of Violence and Action

February 2, 2018June 8, 2019 Nick

Pacing is critical to the comic reading experience and to the well executed script. It’s the glue that binds the reader. Too much, things get bogged down… attention spans wander, […]

 Advanced, Mechanics

Steps to Create – TIP

February 2, 2018June 9, 2019 Nick

You can write a comic script any way you want. Concept discovery revise/fix concept Outline revise/fix outline write script revise/fix script is gonna save you the most time. ▪ About […]

 Process, Tips

Snail mail, love letters and hate mail.

PO Box 352
Center Conway NH 03813

603.730.2951

mac@nickmacari.com

EDITING RATES:

$10/page – Standard developmental
$20/page – Comprehensive developmental
$30/page – Developmental, format, and execution
$40/page – All + overseeing all facets of production

<Complexity and condition of writing may affect  pricing.>

Story consulting @ $50-75/hr.

  • Need a script?
  • a comprehensive outline?
  • your skeletal outline fixed?
  • a complete original IP?

Nick brings the highest level of expertise and unparalleled experience to the table. It doesn’t come cheap, but it comes with results.

Full contact info is at the top of this sidebar.

Social Media

  • facebook
  • linkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Instragram

Search Articles

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Moesia by aThemes

All rights reserved. © 2019 Nick Macari. No animals were harmed in the making of this site.