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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Main Author: Kneece, Mark (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Berkeley : Watson-Guptill Publications, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
Series: SCAD creative essentials.
Subjects:
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.