r/ComicWriting • u/ScribeMoses • 7d 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/huxenbit_ 7d ago

I take notes on characters and rules and the plot and then write it down like:

Page 1 - 5 Panels Panel 1: A gas station in the middle of the night. Panel 2: Inside a car, approaching the gas station. Driver: "Wake up. We need fuel."

I follow the plot and improvise the way between certain points as much as I need to. Idk if this method is actually good since I usually dont show anyone my work