Promps

Writing involves focus and concentration. So does drawing. However, the hardest part for many people is just starting. It's like jumping into a swimming pool for the first time, you don't really know what you're doing, it could be a giant failure, etc. But with comics, unlike swimming, everything can be corrected. Art is never finished, only abandoned.

For those writing and struggling, I have brought in writing prompts. These are the first sentences and last sentences from great novels, manga and comic books. They're sort of picked at random and their origins are not too significant.

If you're having trouble writing,

1. It was a pleasure to burn.

2. It was summer, I remember. I was ten or eleven ...

3. At last the land of magic has been reached. Beside a steaming geyser a tale is being spun, as follows:

4. I am a plastic man.

5. No one can help me. Not even you.

Start with one of these prompts. Write a one page free write from the prompt. Then when that is completed, see what has been written and Attempt to divide what has been written into 9 panels.

3 panels = beginning
3 panels = middle
3 panels = end

If you are feeling experimental, feel free to improvise your panel compositions. If there are action in your story, perhaps the action needs a bigger panel. Do you describe a setting? Perhaps a descriptive paragraph demands a larger panel to illustrate an environment.

In today's class there is no need to leave your desk unless you are getting materials. We will work up until busses are called (around 4:20). Push yourselves! Don't sell yourself short!