So I missed NaNoWriMo again last year: Then I stumbled on Script Frenzy - a scrip writing challenge for the month of April. Has anyone tried that? 

Have not!  In some ways, writing a script seems easier than writing a novel -- it's almost all dialogue, which I'm better at than descriptive prose...

I was thinking writing a script for a graphic novel. I do comic scripts anyway. Though since I mean to draw them myself I don't tend to give so much visual descriptions, just short clues to remind myself what I was thinking.

I'm officially in! 

Good luck, Sakke!

Have you looked at how other authors "present" their writing of comics?  I saw one from Brian Bendis in "Secret War," and he seemed to do a lot of visual layout for his artists.  The last edition of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller includes his whole synopsis at the end -- some of which never made it to the page.

I'd be curious to know what you'll consider a "finished" work for this challenge!

On Mar 24, 2012 9:18 pm, calypsoidal1 said:
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Good luck, Sakke!

Have you looked at how other authors "present" their writing of comics?  I saw one from Brian Bendis in "Secret War," and he seemed to do a lot of visual layout for his artists.  The last edition of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller includes his whole synopsis at the end -- some of which never made it to the page.

I'd be curious to know what you'll consider a "finished" work for this challenge!

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I cannot really say what will be my criteria for finished as yet. It's a challenge so I'm seriously expecting to go beyond my limits. I'm looking forward to making this a major learning experience for myself. I am feeling that the way I'm working now has definitely some limitations. Since I'm writing for myself to draw, I'm leaving a lot of visual ideas to be developed when I'm actually sketching the page. Sometimes it works but often it produces pages where the story is carried mainly by the dialogue. 

I am preparing for the challenge by digging out and rereading some stuff I've collected over the years on writing, including my old textbooks from Drama 101 way back when I was in the University. I'm also thinking of doing some kind of log of my experience. 

I'm posting some thoughts on my progress and experience here.