Writing Update

At DragonCON I met a comic writer for Heavy Metal magazine who is a very cool guy. He is now helping me learn how to write in comic script format. He sent me an e-mail, explaining the basics and I took a story and changed it over to comic format.

First, I took some printer paper and a pencil. I drew out the panels and wrote the captions. I also wrote the descriptions for the artist. It didn't take me but an hour to do it and the story is actually much better for it. Then I put it into Word using basic comic script format, which goes something like this:

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PAGE ONE

1/4 (Page One, Panel Four)

Caption (top): I knew Jim had a secret, but I never in a million years figured him for a fairy.

Pic:

Split Panel
We see a girl staring through a lock. On the other side is a man stretching, thinking he is alone. He has fairy wings.

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Like I said, I still have a lot to learn.

When I was a kid, I loved reading comics. I read all the old EC comics and I was a Marvel fan. I liked some DC, but Marvel had the best story lines and characters. It had never occured to me that I could write comics. Now I'm thinking it is a possibility, especially now that there are more horror markets for comics.

This is just another avenue for my work, another skill to hone. And it's fun.