Screenwriting : Script to Graphic Novel by James Hoey

I took Greg Pak's comic book seminar (Greg has written for DC, Marvel, Star Wars, James Bond, John Wick).

https://twitter.com/gregpak/status/956525979165511680

Thank you all. I will look into the seminar. It’s not so much using a template, that’s the easy part. It’s just a very different writing style. I’ve done novel and short story writing, switched to screenwriting several years ago, but none of that really involves the visual part on the page. I’m looking to find the way to effectively cut down the content to a few panels, balance spoken word with narrative, and have a good flow of panels, pictures, and story without filling each panel with text. I’ve done it a few times with the first 15 pages but I just don’t like how it looks, or how I imagine it would work.

How are you gonna get the art done?

Are you a storyboard artist? Watch a film titled Coraline - the storyboards were colorized and compiled into a short novel. Don't know if that's what you have in mind.

Hey John. I have a couple of companies lined up to do the artwork once we get to that point.

Ah. I've looked a few companies, too, but don't have the resources.for that!

I have heard a few Comic Book writers say the film scripts don’t translate well. One point they make, is that films are a show don’t tell format.

Comics are tell and save on panels.

Hey Greg! Spreading out the story isn’t an issue, I had been working on novelizing the script and first season. Again, very different way to present information. Just looking to chat with someone on how to know when too much is too much, or too little is too little. Read comics all my life, doesn’t mean I can do it. Ugh.

What's your plan of distribution/selling the graphic novel?

Hi Dan MaxXx . Initially we're going to go with some local comic shops. We were going to get into some local comic cons, but frankly we doubt that it will be a possibility even this coming Spring. When we get to that point we will have to look at some options for online distribution. It's going to depend on how much funding we gather. There are a number of online distributions we are starting to look at. Most of that has been put on hold pending my ability to effectively convert the scripts into graphic novels. Until I complete the first issue (story and such) we won't launch a campaign for funding. Funding will determine how many issues we can run and where to put them.

Hi James this is something I have also been thinking of doing. Are you doing your own illustrations? I found that is too much work for me. Are you planning on doing it all in one issue? As far as funding goes, have you heard about a website called Kickstarter? It’s worth looking into. I believe you put the first issue online and you post a little something about yourself and you get crowd funding. I only just learned about it the other day

Took a short film script, turned it into a feature script, turned that into a graphic novel, turned THAT back into a different feature script. Here's the 10 minute story on how that went.

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3280583193?ref_=nm_rvd_vi_1

Hey Michael Khamis sadly I am no illustrator. There are a couple of companies that I have been speaking with that will do the illustrations. Once I have the writing part done we will be doing mockups and a "storyboard" issue as a proof of concept for fundraising.

Hi Richard P. Alvarez I am going to most definitely be looking at that! Thank you!

Yes I went from a 120 page script to a 260 page novel. it took 8 months and I was able to put a lot more into to the story. Things I couldn't put into 120 restricted script. Available on Amazon The Rhombus.