| Description |
176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
includes index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: breaking story -- Story -- Character -- The story sentence -- Level-up the story -- Part 2: writing for comics -- Layering -- Outlining -- Writing visually for your artist -- Writing visually for the reader -- Writing dialogue for comics -- Overview and quick guide -- Part 3: navigating the comics industry -- Networking and collaboration -- Building a career in comics. |
| Summary |
Schmidt offers advice and practical instruction for everything from writing realistic dialogue to communicating your ideas to other comics professionals. Includes 23 exercises to help you put fundamental writing principles into practice, sample script formats, page-by-page outlines, scene-by-scene outlines and short pitches that show you exactly how to create these important components of the writing process, diagrams and pages from published comics to illustrate key concepts, and tips on professional development, networking and navigating the comics industry. |
| Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Authorship.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Technique.
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| Genre |
Graphic novels.
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| ISBN |
9781440351846 |
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1440351848 |
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