Developing a comic means developing a story or some kind of script beforehand. Beginners or users that may either not have very much experience or want to make sure they have a spot-on story may decide to use tips from others who are experienced to get a good head start. This may include looking up good templates to use for sketching out a comic, transitional methods for a story, or smaller things that they may want to improve their skills on.
Well, lucky for you, I’ve got a list of multiple sites that give very useful tips on developing a story as well as a comic to go alongside it.
(PS: please do note that I will update this when I find a useful site that I believe will help others with developing a story and/or comic!)
http://www.makingcomics.com/2014/05/07/panel-layout-golden-ratio/
This link is particularly useful in panel layout (as you can tell by the link itself). It is very well-thought-out, as well as very useful for keeping the reader’s attention. I especially like the 2-box method, panel staggering, as well as the idea of directing the reader’s attention to the next panel. This can be very useful when you have all the pictures drawn, but are unsure how to organise them/make it look proper.
https://www.nownovel.com/blog/develop-story-10-ways-write-better-plots/
This site is also particularly useful in planning out a story and the events that take place. I particularly like step 7, and how they include subplots help build up the story and background of the characters.
http://www.makingcomics.com/2014/01/02/starting-right-troubleshoot-common-issues/
This one is especially useful when trying to identify any mistakes you may have or issues you are currently dealing with you when trying to plot out of a comic. The points I especially found useful were the over-planning and misplaced focus topic. I definitely did this in the past and have corrected myself but it’s always nice to know that others have gone through the same issues when working on a comic.
Overall I found these links very useful, and hope you do too. Thank you for reading.
~Bridgette
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