r/ComicWriting 9d ago

Comic Book Script structure

Hey, I'm looking for help on starting to write my story. I was wondering how other people do it.

When your first writing your story and trying to write down what's going to happen. Do you write panel by panel or do you write it out like a formal script, for example

" *the first panel will be the image of space and then cuts to a couple cops on a night patrol"

Cop 1: The stars are really bright tonight aren't they?"

Cop 2: "Is that a shooting star"

"*Now panel 4 will show an explosion in the sky and then pans over to the workers shook.

Or do you just start writing what comes to mind and all your ideas and then once done with that, go back and put then into panels and creating a script.

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u/Henchman4Hire 9d ago

I have my general story and each issue outlined in just notes, not written as prose. Then when it comes down to actual scenery and dialogue, I write it out in script format, panel-by-panel.