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 […]
Author: nickmac
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 […]
Are you working on a Phantom Story?
I wanted to start this post off with a very specific definition of story by a famous writer. I wrote the quote down last week and have no idea where […]
Cuts and Transitions
One fundamental aspect of comic scripting is the transition from scene to scene. Transitions allow the writer to change perspective and advance the story. Artfully done they provide a seamless […]
Send Your Characters Out For Coffee
One of the ways to make sure your characters don’t suck—both in quality and execution—is to know them better than you know yourself. If I remember correctly I have a […]