But bring a notebook, because ideas and solutions tend to come popping in your head when you least expect it! A lot of writers find solutions to story problems in the shower! But don’t bring a notebook in there… Take some time off from staring at your computer screen, get out and get some fresh air. If you get stuck halfway through your story, don’t be discouraged. My problem is usually that I have too many ideas! Not all of them belong in the same story, so I have to limit myself and weed out the stuff that isn’t absolutely necessary. And write down notes to yourself, even if most of them are never used in a story! What if this happende to me? To my brother-in-law? To Darth Vader or to Darkwing Duck? Try thinking in action and reaction, cause and effect. Take a childhood memory, a dream or a story you heard someone else tell, change the elements around and ask the “what if?” question. Or take an existing story and change the genre or combine it with another story. How to get ideas for a story? Looking at newspaper articles can be an inspiration. Using post-it notes or index Cards can be a great way of planning your story Coming up with story ideas Your chances of succeeding will improve vastly. Plan it, make the foundation and THEN start building. You don’t just start building from a vague idea. The preparation that goes into writing a script is like the plans for a house: You need an action plan, a solid foundation and the right materials. It limits the risk of running out of gas, resulting in a half-finished comic and a bruised ego. The reason I recommend writing a script is this: It gives you an opportunity to fix problems before you start drawing. Some artists are able to produce great work without so much as a written outline or just from a bunch of scribbles in a notebook. This can be done in your head or with a mind map, scribbles in a notebook or on a napkin! But you need a starting point. In preparation for writing your comic book, you need to do some thinking first. Whether you are looking at a blank piece of paper or a blank document on your computer screen, a blank page is never a good place to start! Writing a story is not just about sitting down at your computer, although that’s part of it. This article is intended to give you a good start to coming up with a plot, planning and writing your story, structuring your plot and designing your setting and main character!
There are many books on how to write comics, like the ever popular “ How to draw comics the Marvel way“, but most of these books tend to skip over the most important part – coming up with a story! Write your script on a computer, and you can change things easily – without having to re-draw a lot of stuff!
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