Some specific to print comics, and some of them apply to all mediums.
But the point is that putting aside a little time to think about your audience and your medium of choice is a good idea.
Writing / Storytelling Posts
Interview with Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime
Very interesting interview about developing the voice for the character.
Terrific voice actor. One of my favorites.
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Audio Q&A: Peter Cullen, the Voice of Optimus Prime, Talks Transformers, Mario and More
Neil Cross on Dialogue
Pretty good little article on what makes good dialogue.
“Anyone can write a bunch of talking, but talking isn’t dialogue. Like every other word in your novel, dialogue is there to do a job — a number of jobs, in fact. It needs to move the story forward, to give information, to intensify characterisation. Ideally, it should do all three at once.”
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Some writing advice: “Write drunk; edit sober”
One or two nuggets of interest in this little Happiness Project interview with Larry Smith, editor of SMITH Magazine.
“Write drunk, edit sober.” Not that you should actually be drunk (the inebriated writer is a silly, antiquated idea, among other things), but that you should just get the words down whether you’re writing a letter, a report for work, or the story of your life, in six words or 60,000. Put the words down, don’t obsess over them, just effusively spill them down onto the page. Then step away—for an hour, a day, a week, whatever you need. And then edit. Edit like crazy. Be hard on words and yourself and make it better. And when you think you’re finished, edit it one more time.
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“Write Drunk, Edit Sober; Drink Coffee While Reading the Paper; Watch the Cat.”
