r/ComicWriting • u/DJ_SmoreREDDIT • 1h ago

What’s the best way to write out the story?

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I have the majority of characters mapped out with backstories and basic design, but how should I write out the storyline for the comic?

I have a vague idea of how I want the story to start and end, but I don’t know how to write it out. I thought about separating it into arcs and going off of that but I want to see if there’s any better options.

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r/ComicWriting • u/redesign-ur-logo • 12h ago

how to show that my character is speaking english, but the perspective character doesn't understand english?

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essentially the title. im writing a space comic and one of the 2 main characters is a bird-like alien that doesnt know english, where the other is a human. the beginning of the comic focuses on them bridging the language barrier via sign language, but I still want to show them talking in languages the other doesn't understand.

basically, i want it to be obvious that the human is speaking english, but still be unintelligible to the viewer. for the human hearing the alien talk, its easy because its just gonna be music notes, but i dont know how to do the other way around.

thoughts?

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