Start With Your Second Act
I’ve been seeing the same question float around social media a lot lately… Folks working on a maxi-series or larger graphic novel, asking “where exactly do I start my story?” […]
Process
Fictitious Terms and Exotic Proper Names
At the end of Storycraft for Comics I talk about nomenclature for a few pages. One of the things I discuss, is a problem I see often in original universe […]
Works in the Movies, Not in Comics
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). […]
Editing Page Weights
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, […]
Aim Small – TIP
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 […]
Criticism – TIP
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. * Amateur […]
Bad Aliases First – TIP
Nomenclature in fiction (comic scripting included of course) is an art unto itself. Some people are particularly good at it, some not so much–some love coming up with names, for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]