Writing Workload – TIP
Writing is: 70% planning. 10% writing and 20% re-writing. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. ▪ About the Author — Nick Macari is a full-time freelance story consultant, developmental editor […]
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Tone, Mood, Style and Genre
Another group of writing elements (and terms) folks often commingle and confuse: Tone, Mood, Style and Genre. It’s understandable how folks often get these terms jumbled up as they all […]
Does Your Story Have a Pulse?
This is a follow up on the Choosing Your Best Concept tip… Most new and aspiring writers think their story lives and dies by its surface details. I see this […]
Full Page Art – TIP
If you’re like me, flagging a panel as full page art in a script is easy to do. It’s almost second nature to separate a powerful, emotional panel that capture […]
Choosing Your Best Comic Concepts
When you’re developing original comic IPs, what your writing about is far more important than how you write it. A weak script can be rewritten–especially with the help of a […]
Working for Free and Being a Shmoo
Working as a full-time Mercenary Writer in creative fiction is never easy. When you’re starting out, you almost always have to have another job on the side, or at the […]
Writing Natural Dialogue
Dialogue is a cornerstone of comic scripting. As such when it’s off point, a book can quickly fall apart. So how exactly do you write natural sounding dialogue and for […]
Engaging the Reader in 22 Pages
This was a multi-part post originally posted on the facebook page. It’s long, but the 10 tips discussed below are ones worth knowing. *** The best stories and comics engage […]
Scene Selection and Narrative Drive
So you’ve written an outline and now you’re sitting down to script an issue. In my experience you’ll almost always have a surplus of scenes (especially if you’re scripting a […]
Shower with your Theme
If you read the articles on the site here, you’ve probably notice I’m always emphasizing theme. Today I wanted to give you an actual example of how theme works as […]