The art of comic book writing the definitive guide to outlining, scripting, and pitching your sequential art stories
This practical guide to writing comic books covers all the essentials--from crafting an effective outline and formatting a script to composing a winning synopsis when pitching the product to publishers. The author also provides commentary on real-world examples of outlines, scripts, and synopses fro...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
Watson-Guptill Publications,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | SCAD creative essentials.
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Table of Contents:
- Story basics : ideas, development, and visualization
- Formatting a comics script in "full script"
- The almighty page
- Talking to the artist and writing the script
- Script energy : dialogue, text, and visuals
- Character dynamics
- World building : props, structures, and attitudes
- Pacing the story, part 1 : room to breathe
- Pacing the story, part 2 : breaking the rules
- Putting together a synopsis for submission.
