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Month: September 2016

How to Find Comic Writing Work

September 29, 2016June 8, 2019 Nick

A question came in from the internet this week: “Nick, do you have anything on your site that gives advice to freelance writers about how to go about finding work?” […]

 Advanced, Economics

Works in the Movies, Not in Comics

September 26, 2016February 2, 2019 Nick

Lot’s of movies have powerful, emotional talking head scenes like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-gZintWDc It works in a movie because of: a) Good Acting (emotionally charged delivery of dialogue with good timing). […]

 Process  2 Comments

Long Shots, Short Detail – TIP

September 23, 2016June 9, 2019 Nick

Be conscious when you call for an extreme long or wide, long or wide, or establishing shot, that you don’t try and focus on small details in the same panel. […]

 Technique, Tips

Editing Page Weights

September 22, 2016November 11, 2016 Nick

Good writing is efficient writing. In comic book scripting this isn’t simply a goal, it’s a necessity. A good comic script isn’t a monstrous, lumbering Newfoundland—it’s a German Short-haired Pointer—sleek, […]

 Process  1 Comment

Aim Small – TIP

September 21, 2016June 9, 2019 Nick

Super Quick Tips were tweets or face book posts I felt important enough to reproduce here on the site. Sometimes the simplest pieces of advice are the best. Focus on […]

 Process, Tips

Moral Message vs. Saying Something – TIP

September 13, 2016June 9, 2019 Nick

I recently had someone tell me they agreed with me that every story should “say something” but opposed my use of “moral message” on page 13 of the book (when […]

 Technique, Tips

Name your Red Shirts – TIP

September 6, 2016June 9, 2019 Nick

Actually the title is a bit misleading, because I’m not saying to name the people about to die. What I’m really saying is name an “extra character” that has direct […]

 Technique, Tips

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