Making Comics

This week, we discuss the beginning of a story draft edit (6:00), making the most of extra pages in a comic (26:45), editing a comic as you letter (32:20), finishing thumbnails for common pages in a comic (40:15), the LA Times Festival of Books (44:40), and finding the right thumbnail for a cover (49:30).

This week, we discuss the second of back-to-back Kickstarters (4:45) and the tricky aspects of them (10:40), focusing on the thinking, "big" part of writing (22:00), working on the connecting talking heads scenes in a story (40:00), and getting inspired by a historical site (46:30).

This week, we discuss finishing a comic script and thinking through a limited printing of a comic (3:20), editing dialogue (17:45), the value of writing warm-ups (22:20), taking post-convention inventory (28:30), and getting feedback from readers (33:50) before this week's main topic: part three of Pixar's rules for storytelling (37:30).

This week, we talk about finishing up the first draft of a comic script (5:40), humor and jokes in your story (13:30), and performing the final chiseling of a comic script (19:00), then recap WonderCon (31:30) before we get into part two of Pixar's rules for storytelling (41:20).

This week, we cover creating a game plan for story edits and changes (5:30), settling into a fresh, changed writing process (10:20), revamping your upcoming creativity schedule (18:00), taking time away from a book for a commission (22:10), the indie mindset (36:00), and figuring out if a comic script is done or not (41:50) before we get to this week's topic: part one of Pixar's rules for storytelling (48:30).