Dialogue During Action
From the Writer’s Guide; “Strenuous activity (i.e. action) is not conductive to conversation. Dialogue during action sequences can quickly become campy and/or preachy.” When scripting important key fights, dialogue can […]
From the Writer’s Guide; “Strenuous activity (i.e. action) is not conductive to conversation. Dialogue during action sequences can quickly become campy and/or preachy.” When scripting important key fights, dialogue can […]
I think everyone is familiar with a prologue in long prose; in comics (or screenplays) a prologue arrives as a scene, or in comics (or animated series script), an entire […]
Spectacular Spiderman #182 p.14 Sometimes Talking Heads don’t appear as just closeup head shots. Even full-body panels can be talking heads. Remember, the medium of story is CHANGE. Looks at […]
Writing female characters is no different than writing male characters. In fact, writing a character of any physical characteristic, or external trait–such as profession, economic wealth, etc. is no different […]
From what I understand this is a page from a Jean Grey issue by Marvel… I don’t know the context, I believe it precedes a romantic encounter between two main […]
Comics are two warriors, Art and Script, fighting back to back against the horde of boredom. As a writer you must always know what you are trying to say at any […]
How do you realize you’re running a split narrative and not showcasing key secondary character development? When the story focuses on your secondary character, are they still progressing the main […]
Writing a comic without hiring an editor is like going to war without sighting in your rifle. You can still shoot at your enemy, but you’re probably gonna miss. It’s […]
Once you have your skeletal outline figured out, go back & try to break it. Push your turns into the realm of ridiculousness. Can you make the hero fail in […]
Ever hear the saying “Actions speak louder than words?” What, you don’t think that applies to comic writing? Character is revealed through actions. Characterization is supported through dialogue. Also; Conflict, […]