I have two things to say: CONGRATS and THANKS because lately in your videos I found a lot of very useful and sensible information, and very clearly explained:)
I'm so glad I found your channel, I'm just starting out on writing a webcomic and these videos have been super helpful. From one auto-immune artist to another, I wish you all the best!!!!
Thanks so much for checking out the videos and the nice comment. Sorry to hear you’re struggling with your health, too. All the best for you as well and for your webcomic, of course!
You know, I never thought of going into a second layer of plot points for each initial beat of the story, but it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the tip, I’m trying that
This is very helpful, thank you :) I am brainstorming a short story idea for a webcomic, and will use this method to outline and expand on each sentence with paragraphs. I am used to writing novels, so a different approach is needed for a comic and it's wonderful that you introduced this method.
My comic scripts are basically just dialogues and a brief paragraph of what's supposed to happen in the entire scene. I think of the details and the like on the fly while thumbnailing. Probably a bad way of going at things, though.
I think if your story structure is solid you don’t need to know everything in super detail. As long as you know how your story goes so you don’t get stuck somewhere half way I think you’re further along than some.
Hi Henrike! This is a good method for me. Although I’m making a short comic but I think I can apply it. Or is there’s a different way? So I have to stay away from writing my script in novel format.
Yes this works for every comic. Your outline will just be short, haha. Yes the only reason I could see the novel format being useful is if you’d want to really flesh out a character and you have a hard time doing that. Writing a little piece from their perspective could give you some insights. But I’d not script the comic that way. What you need is: knowing what happens, dialogue and any visual information for the scene. Writing a novel takes up way more time because now you’re also thinking about sentence structure and flow of the text. While you don’t need any of that for a comic. It’s also easy to go deep into your characters’ heads and feelings, while you need to communicate all of that visually. It’s easier to think in terms of actions and expression in that way.
I think it’s different for everyone. For me a “long” comic is starting at 50 pages since in my current style and my time constraints this will take me a year to make. But for someone else who uses a simpler style and is a full time comic artist they can think of 500 pages as a long comic.
I have two things to say: CONGRATS and THANKS because lately in your videos I found a lot of very useful and sensible information, and very clearly explained:)
That’s great to hear, Elisa! Thanks for watching!
I'm so glad I found your channel, I'm just starting out on writing a webcomic and these videos have been super helpful. From one auto-immune artist to another, I wish you all the best!!!!
Thanks so much for checking out the videos and the nice comment. Sorry to hear you’re struggling with your health, too. All the best for you as well and for your webcomic, of course!
You know, I never thought of going into a second layer of plot points for each initial beat of the story, but it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the tip, I’m trying that
Glad to hear it’s helpful!
This is very helpful, thank you :) I am brainstorming a short story idea for a webcomic, and will use this method to outline and expand on each sentence with paragraphs. I am used to writing novels, so a different approach is needed for a comic and it's wonderful that you introduced this method.
That’s so fun! Good luck with your short comic!
My comic scripts are basically just dialogues and a brief paragraph of what's supposed to happen in the entire scene. I think of the details and the like on the fly while thumbnailing. Probably a bad way of going at things, though.
I think if your story structure is solid you don’t need to know everything in super detail. As long as you know how your story goes so you don’t get stuck somewhere half way I think you’re further along than some.
Hi Henrike! This is a good method for me. Although I’m making a short comic but I think I can apply it. Or is there’s a different way? So I have to stay away from writing my script in novel format.
Yes this works for every comic. Your outline will just be short, haha. Yes the only reason I could see the novel format being useful is if you’d want to really flesh out a character and you have a hard time doing that. Writing a little piece from their perspective could give you some insights. But I’d not script the comic that way. What you need is: knowing what happens, dialogue and any visual information for the scene. Writing a novel takes up way more time because now you’re also thinking about sentence structure and flow of the text. While you don’t need any of that for a comic. It’s also easy to go deep into your characters’ heads and feelings, while you need to communicate all of that visually. It’s easier to think in terms of actions and expression in that way.
@@pencilsandstories Thank You! I understand now.
Sorry if you were asked this already. But roughly how many pages would you consider to be a long webcomic? 300-1000 pages?
I think it’s different for everyone. For me a “long” comic is starting at 50 pages since in my current style and my time constraints this will take me a year to make. But for someone else who uses a simpler style and is a full time comic artist they can think of 500 pages as a long comic.
@@pencilsandstories Oh alright! Thank you! 😊