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Comics Experience® guide to writing comics : scripting your story ideas from start to finish / Andy Schmidt.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781440351846
- ISBN: 1440351848
- Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Impact Books, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Comic books, strips, etc. > Authorship. Comic books, strips, etc. > Technique. ART / Techniques / Cartooning. Comic books, strips, etc. > Authorship. Comic books, strips, etc. > Technique. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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