Comic Book and Graphic Novel Scriptwriting

The medium of comics presents a fascinating vehicle to communicate through a sequence of text and images. Comic books, graphic novels and other forms of the genre (web comics, comic strips, etc.) hold a significant place in modern society, history and culture. This course is designed to teach you how to write comic book and graphic novel scripts professionally. Focus is placed on helping you create and develop your story idea(s). You will learn scripting, story generation, comic panel theory, working within page-length restrictions, pacing your story and the full script method of writing comics. You will learn: narrative story arcs, plot points, writing sound effects, captions, off-panel dialogue and more. Exercises and PDF's of actual comic book scripts included as resources. No artistic experience needed.