[PXFIRE] Comics

[Nekomata]

Week One
Scripting

This week we're going to start with something essential to any story-based medium. Planning the story! For comics in particular this means scripting! Scripting is crucial in that it tells the artist (or yourself if you happen to be the artist!) what is going to happen in each chapter, scene, page, and panel of your story. Scripting helps create a foundation for the pacing, a clear description of each page's events, and the specific details of what happens in each panel (and even panel size/shape sometimes!)

Since we have but a single week for each section of this challenge you will be asked to write a short comic script. The script must be no less than one comic page long and has no upper limit. However, if you plan to use this script for future portions of the challenge (You do not have to) do keep in mind that lengthier stories may be unwise. I would recommend looking at daily webcomics that release individual shorter story strips rather than grand sagas that span over many pages for reference.

Scripts are expected to be in a readable and consistent format. The most important purpose of a script is to convey to the artist exactly what the writer wants to be drawn. Is there a lot of dialogue in one panel? If so, an artist will need to take into account a little extra room. Is the first panel bigger? What does the setting look like? Is there some important object in the background that'll come into play in a later panel? These are all things to be considered. One of the biggest challenges however is knowing what can reasonably fit in a page. Too many panels and too much dialogue makes for a cluttered page- too little and you're wasting precious page space. Decisions, decisions!

Click the following link for a quick guide on scripting- complete with examples!

http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/for...and-Guidelines

Judging

This round will be judged on the following criteria:

- Story: Is the story interesting? Cute? Funny?
- Originality: How original is the idea?
- Characters: Are the characters likeable?
- Organization: Would an artist be able to create the story as intended from the script alone?
- Scope: Could your script reasonably fit in the panels or pages as planned?

Deadline: Since I was late in posting this, 11:59 PM on July 1st. (Central Time)