Making Comics

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).

This week, we talk about taking crowdsourcing ideas for a cover and incorporating it with other ideas (4:50), using the right symbols to reflect profanity (14:10), when the coloring stage reveals an error in the art (25:20), focusing on a commission (40:30), and talking through reader feedback on a story (44:20).

This week, we talk about finishing art for an issue however you can (4:25), the final stages fulfilling a Kickstarter (10:50), when flatting gets time-consuming (15:30), when the real world gives your writing a boost (22:00), doing your post-con inventory (31:00), finding a prospective cover artist for an upcoming comic (37:40), launching a Kickstarter (42:30), and re-evaluating the Act One elements in your story (46:50).