Finally, decided on the plot the graphic novel will take. It's very strange trying to turn a whole bunch of ideas you had for individual storylines into one large plot for a complete story. I mean, I have all these scenes and characters and moments I wanted to see, but didn't really know how they were all going to come together and more importantly, in what order they would be introduced to the reader. I think that's the biggest challenge a writer has that I was alluding to in my last post. As a creator you have all these jumbled ideas in your head...threads to a story, but not exactly the complete quilt. How to weave it all together--to beat the metaphor to death--is probably the toughest thing for me to do.
Of course, I'm not going to give away the story completely here... I gotta save something for the book, after all. I will say that every character I wanted to introduce will be introduced and you'll see Starfish doing some pretty heroic things.
Next step is starting to hammer out the script as I draw the pretty pictures. It's full steam ahead and now that I have the direction I want to go in, it'll be easier to flesh out all the specifics.
Next post will be a little about the process I use.
Until then, it's back to the drawing board.
-M
Friday, January 8, 2010
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