There is no such thing as nonfiction. There’s only story. I ‘spect I have some ‘splainin’ to do on that one, Lucy. Story is a narrative comprising selected series of events arranged towards a desired effect. That’s the same whether you’re telling a Batman story, a newstory, a history, a biography, a novel, a short…
New Pulp Authors Mike Bullock, Barry Reese, and Bobby Nash are back for another installment of NewPulpFiction’s Table Talk. This week, the guys discuss attachments to their characters as well as the writing process itself Table Talk: At What Price? with Mike Bullock, Barry Reese, and Bobby Nash is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/
…or how the fuck did that happen? Part One So how did I get into comics? I wasn’t going to write about this because the last column was all about me, and I don’t want you all thinking that “it’s all about her,” because it’s not, really, but I just reread my first column, and…
A late edition to National Graphic Novel Writing Month, and extremely impotent to any submission. Process.
From Tommy Hancock, one of the founding members of PULP DEFINED- We all know that Pulp is in the midst of what some call a resurgence, others a renaissance, still others a reawakening. Whatever you term it, Pulp is probably more discussed, more involved, and more active now than it has been since its heyday….
AP: Barry, you’re heading up a writer’s classroom about balancing ‘real life’ with your writing? Can you explain exactly what you mean by that? BR: Sure – I hear from potential writers all the time that they don’t have the time to focus on writing and they don’t see how I manage to be so…
Interview with Ron Fortier, Moderator of WRITING NEW PULP ADVENTURES, a panel at PULP ARK (May 13-15, 2011) AP: Ron, you’re heading up a panel at Pulp Ark focused on Writing New Pulp Adventures. Can you tell expand on that topic a bit? RF: Basically we hope to discuss what has been a natural progression…
Collecting all the Twitter posts we did earlier today. If you’re not following the ComicMix Twitter feed, tsk tsk tsk… I have written before about the danger of distractions while writing. And Twitter can become a huge timesink. But Twitter can also actually help improve your comic writing, if you use it properly and understand…
My biggest problem with the term “graphic novel” is that it’s wrong. Graphic, yes. Novel, not so much. A novel is generally defined as a work of prose that is 50,000 words or more, and most novels are much more than that. Yet the average item that is referred to as a “graphic novel” rarely…
Outlines are important, don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. They can keep you from making silly mistakes. Like having an article about outlining near the end of a writing month. Seriously, an outline can keep you out of all kinds of trouble. If you have even a basic outline beforehand, you can get a clearer…
Day 21, and I’m in hell. Let me give you my particular problem and share my pain with you. The story for my graphic novel hinges on a bunch of financial manipulations. I’m doomed. Why? Comics is a visual medium. That means the writer has to find a way to make the story visually interesting….
“It’s the characters, stupid.” – Ronald D. Moore, Executive Producer of Battlestar Galactica (2004) and Caprica Comics are always filled with over-the-top superpowers, bright spandex costumes, and universe-spanning storylines. While these flashy props were enough to sustain the comics industry in its infancy, the modern comic reader expects more. Many of the biggest, most complex…
