Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling

Learn to create professional scripts for comic books and graphic novels featuring scene descriptions, characters, and dialogue

• Introduction
• Learning the Basics
• Developing the Comic
• The Last Steps
• Final project

“Comics are a medium of infinite possibilities.”

Exploring those creative possibilities is what has led best-selling writer Fred Van Lente to work for brands like Marvel on titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man Legacy, and Wolverine: First Class.

In this online course, he teaches you the two key aspects of writing a successful comic: solid visual storytelling and a professional-looking script. Learn to produce professional comic book scripts that are ready to be submitted to editors and artists. Bring stories from your imagination to life on the page.

• About Me
• Influences
• Important Terminology
• Thinking in Pictures
• On the Same Page
• Talking in Balloons
• Story Time
• Roughing It: The Pages
• Roughing It: The Scenes
• Designing Characters
• "The Stitch Up"
• The Anatomy of a Script
• Assembling the Team
• Now What?
• Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling