Hi! I'm writing a story/script for my comic. Could anybody give me some guidelines to making my story or what should I do for every chapter. If you don't get my point basically the back bone like a chart or how I would be able to come up with different ideas or how would I use those ideas. I know they say take examples from real life but that's a little harder because the only big adventures for me are Oh no I forgot my home work! And it's not like I can have my character forgetting her home work every day.:confused:

Sorry If you don't really understand this.:o

How long are you wanting this story to be? Also, what are some activities that you know a lot about or like a lot? For instance maybe, sports, school, music, art, pets, having friends, getting along with or not getting along with brothers or sisters, etc. ;)

Is this a comic strip of maybe four frames per strip? Is this a one-frame cartoon with, like, one a week? Is this a comic book?

If it's a strip, first decide on characters. You will want your characters to interact. The next paragraph tells about strips in which everyday people interact in very funny ways.

I suggest you read the Peanuts, Baby Blues, and For Better or For Worse comic strips. Larson humanized animals and made them say funny things in funny situation. The last three are "slice of life" cartoon strips that take the most minuscule happenings in a person's day and turn them into an entire adventure. And speaking of daily adventures, you will share them aplenty in the Calvin and Hobbes strips, now defunct but also available in book form.

Finally, I suggest you read Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons. They are available in a number of books. Your public library will own them or get them for you through interlibrary loan.

Of course you don't want to copy their ideas, but you will get a sense of how very small incidents in an ordinary person's life can turn into humor for readers. I'm sure a student has many, many adventures during the day that could be expressed comically. Make a list of them. Think of a student's growling stomach during a morning math test. Think of 3rd grade boys avidly studying the encyclopedia volumes at the back of the schoolroom but what they are really doing is looking at the naked ladies in the art section.

In college, my son was the cartoonist for the student newspaper for a couple of years. His hero was Sausage-Hed (body was a fork and head was a sausage) who was a dragon-slayer during medieval times. SH (cholesterol-filled) had an archenemy who was in the shape of a spear of broccoli (healthful food). Thus, my son had food jokes going along with king/castle/army etc. jokes. The cartoon strip acquired a life of its own as it matured.

If you mean how many pages about 197 if you mean how many books maybe 7. I like track, play the piano, violin, drawing rabbit, have a lot of friends... Oh thanks! I just thought of an Idea because of you!:D

I'm planing on making a graphic novel/ comic book. It's a manga with all of the drama action etc.)

Wow, 197 pages! That's cool! We'll continue to work on this, okay! It's just about time that I hang up things here and get to bed! You probably just got up, correct? I need to get some sleep!

As I have done before, I will make others aware of your posts who will be able to help you the most because of their expertise.

Because of the things that you are interested in concerning music and art, you have opened up some other areas about which we might share. I also play the piano. I have also played the violin. But, I don't keep that up anymore. Please read my profile about me, if you are interested.

I, and I am sure others would be interested in the idea that you have just thought of. Please share what it is.

I look forward to continued dialogue with you.

Thank you!