The Art of Comic Book Writing

The Definitive Guide to Outlining, Scripting, and Pitching Your Sequential Art Stories

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The Art of Comic Book Writing

The Definitive Guide to Outlining, Scripting, and Pitching Your Sequential Art Stories

First edition.

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 from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) faculty, alumni, and staff, showing what does and doesn't work.--From publisher description.

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Language
English
Pages
184

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漫畫腳本創作法
2021, 易博士出版社
in Chinese
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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.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Series
The SCAD Creative Essentials Series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
741.5/1
Library of Congress
PN6710 .K63 2015, PN6710.K63 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
184 pages
Number of pages
184

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27195392M
ISBN 10
0770436978
ISBN 13
9780770436971
LCCN
2015007716
OCLC/WorldCat
904047244

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL20015319W

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