Understand this piece of Art to be a better Writer
Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. It’s one of the most famous and influential landscape paintings of its time. Take your time and really give it […]
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Comic Book Writing Fundamentals
Genuine story serves a function. When you set out to create anything that serves a function, the effectiveness of that thing can be measured by how well it performs. If […]
Barren Dialogue
I often call people out on writing “On the Nose” dialogue; dialogue without any subtext… dialogue that says exactly what it means. On the Nose dialogue rarely engages reader and […]
Cowriting vs Hiring A Writer
So you wana hire a writer to right the million dollar story in your head? When a writer writes their own work, they don’t answer to anyone. Heck, some writers […]
A Screenplay is not a Comic Script
I think you’d be hard pressed to find some work of fiction, some type of writing, that you could NOT turn into a comic. That is to say, you could […]
Most Important Parts of Writing
Another one I get a lot is, “Is the concept the most important part of writing a story? Or the theme? Or the characters? Or the overall execution of the […]
Hiring Good Comic Artists with Less Money
Over at Story to Script I’ve got an article that breaks down the economics of comic production. In it, one of the things I touch on is the problem nearly […]
Plot Kills. Story first.
Plot comes from story. Post that on the wall. Many writers don’t even know the difference between plot and story, even more rely on plot to engage their readers. The […]
Writing Contest Results
Nick Braiden asked me to judge the writing on the 1 page comic contest he’s running on his Making Comics! Discord channel. Happy to help. And pleasantly impressed by the […]
Plot Points
I say this a lot around these parts, “You’ve got to know what you’re trying to say at any given moment in a story.” This is paramount in comics. Whether […]