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Domestika

Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling

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Overview

Learn to create professional scripts for comic books and graphic novels featuring scene descriptions, characters, and dialogue
  • Introduction
  • Learning the Basics
  • Developing the Comic
  • The Last Steps
  • Final project
“Comics are a medium of infinite possibilities.”

Exploring those creative possibilities is what has led best-selling writer Fred Van Lente to work for brands like Marvel on titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man Legacy, and Wolverine: First Class.

In this online course, he teaches you the two key aspects of writing a successful comic: solid visual storytelling and a professional-looking script. Learn to produce professional comic book scripts that are ready to be submitted to editors and artists. Bring stories from your imagination to life on the page.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Important Terminology
  • Thinking in Pictures
  • On the Same Page
  • Talking in Balloons
  • Story Time
  • Roughing It: The Pages
  • Roughing It: The Scenes
  • Designing Characters
  • "The Stitch Up"
  • The Anatomy of a Script
  • Assembling the Team
  • Now What?
  • Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling

Taught by

Fred Van Lente

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