Comics School: Making Comics - Prose Writers Making Comics
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- In this video I talk about the challenges some prose authors may find when they try to transition to comic book writing.
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Oh man I can’t wait to listen to this one ✨
Good video! I would actually see a video talking about the reverse. I’ve found it challenging to write prose and comic format comes easer for me. I’m considering adapting my comics to prose because it’s just such a long process of getting the art, editorial team involved (and paying people). I feel like it would be a more streamlined process to write a prose book and at a later time, if popular, return to comic formatting. Would love to know your thoughts on this and if you or any other professionals you know have used this approach. Thanks!
I'm just getting started writing comics, but it seems to me like one of the most difficult parts is getting used to how little story you can tell. Because of that, you have to pay off more often, and the pay offs feel a little rushed. It seems like you're much more reliant on exposition to get to the pay off in time, which feels instinctively wrong when you worked hard to learn to avoid exposition the way "literature" does
Jim Zub upload Heck yeah!
Another video. Nice!!!
Is there a link to the Comic School Discord or is it only for students?
Try this link: discord.gg/q6mx27u
And other resources here: comicsschool.org/
@@JimZub Thank you! I'm looking forward to sharing and hopefully getting feedback on a pitch I've been working on!
I've mostly written prose and a couple of stageplays. I've always felt descriptions were the hardest to write. It is something I still need to work on for my prose, but it's less of a problem in stageplays and comics. In stageplays, the closest I have to get is a few short stage directions and in comics I can communicate with the artist and figure out what they need from me. Or in other words, I really like to lean on the artist.
That point about being comfortable with empty panels is something I hadn't thought much about. But it's something I will need to think about from now on.