Ten steps to create a branching script
You’ve got your lesson plan done, maybe even written a few Real Life Scenarios (RLS) based on headlines you found. But that blank white page in Write Script … how do you get started?
You’ve got your lesson plan done, maybe even written a few Real Life Scenarios (RLS) based on headlines you found. But that blank white page in Write Script … how do you get started?
The process of creating a published comic or graphic novel like those you buy at a bookstore typically begins with developing the story details and characters, then creating the visual presentation. This latter step is often a two part process: first creating a quick pencil sketch of word and pictures called a storyboard, and then using that storyboard to guide the creation of final, full color comic panels.
Branching, interactive graphic stories –web comics– are a relative of “choose your own adventure” stories. Long a favorite of bored parents, these stories allow a child to make choices on behalf of a character, causing the story to follow a variety of branches that result in different outcomes. This form of interactive storytelling is best when served in images, sequentially presenting the images in the manner of a comic. A graphic story can be more informative than plain text, and [...]