Allison here.  Yesterday we reached our funding goal (huzzah!), so today I wanted to look way b

Allison here.  Yesterday we reached our funding goal (huzzah!), so today I wanted to look way back at the earliest steps of the project and share a screenshot of our script template.  Last summer I wrote a comic for the anthology Wayward Sisters, and the editors at TO Comix Press sent me a template which looked quite a bit like this one.  I had written scripts in all kinds of formats prior to this, often with a pretty loose page breakdown that was broken into panels during the thumbnail stage.  The template they provided was much more detailed than I was used to, but I found it to be helpful for working out ideas and communicating with my editor and artist.Meanwhile, Tom was working with a freelance client who was a prose writer writing comics for the first time.  The move from prose into a visual medium can be difficult, so as Tom and I reflected on the challenges of that switch and looked ahead to our upcoming anthology project we decided to adapt the template I’d been working with so that we could offer that resource for his client and our future anthology collaborators.  Not all comics scripts look like this!  There isn’t a single industry standard the way there is in film or theatre.  I’ve written scripts for comics that look like screenplays, scripts that look prose-like, and scripts that are scribbled notes crammed between drawings in my sketchbook.  Tom and I like the structure that this template provides, particularly for collaborative work.  When you’re working with other people, it’s important that they can clearly see what you’re thinking and what a page or panel is supposed to communicate.  If you have an editor, this lets them give you feedback and notes early on, when changes are still easily made.  A lot of cartoonists like to work things out in thumbnails, but often thumbnails are only legible to their creator–translating thumbnails into a script which your collaborators can follow and use to navigate those sketches can be super helpful.  If you aren’t also the artist, having a clear and detailed script allows whoever is drawing the comic to understand your vision and intent.  A detailed script shouldn’t de-power the artist in applying their own skills and expertise, but should be a flexible tool for communication between the writer and artist.  At least that’s our take!The Kickstarter for Who is the Silhouette? runs through Saturday!  We’ve reached our funding goal (thank you thank you thank you!), but you can still pre-order your copy through the campaign for a few more days! -- source link

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