Laying Out the Page (3)

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Head on over to [[PART 2]] if you haven't already. This post follows on from that one, and will conclude this 3-part post.




STEP 3: Replacing the Less Important Panels with Prose





Compared to comics, prose is a free-for-all. If you want to describe a scene, you can use as little or as many words as you wish.

In the case of COMICS-PROSE, you're writing descriptions of the panels that you've eliminated because they're less important, so that (a) you can embellish these descriptions so that they give information beyond the scope of what pictures can do, and (b) you don't have to draw so much. Drawing is time-consuming and expensive. COMICS-PROSE halves the time and cost involved for a traditional comic.

The only thing you need to worry about when writing the prose, is how to fit it all onto one page. One thing is clear though - if you don't have enough space, then move it onto the next page and adjust your plan accordingly.

Apart from that, it's clear from Rule #2 in the Golden Rules of COMICS-PROSE that ALL pictures can be turned into words, so whatever your problem, it won't be because you can't describe a picture in words. It's always doable.

So, here is the full process:






So, how did these 4 pages from the start of Chapter 6 turn out?




I liked how it played out here! The crux of COMICS-PROSE is that you can tell what’s going on even without reading the text, which is true here. Onto the next: [[TESTING WHETHER IT WORKS!]]

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