Comic Book Story Writing Prompt
A writing prompt is an idea generator to get you started on the writing process, by giving you a centralized theme, or moment to build your story around.
The prompt could be a single word, a short phrase, a complete paragraph, or even a picture, giving you something to focus on as you write.
Example of a Single Word Prompt:
CHEATING (This could be Lovers, Poker Player, Race Horses, A school Test, etc..)
Example of a Short Phrase Prompt:
“Your main character wakes up alone in their room with no memory of who they are, or where they are…” (This could be a child, a female, a male, an elderly person, a spy, a boxer, a time traveler, an alien, etc.)
Example of a Photo Writing Prompt:
The brilliant part about prompts is that although 50 writers are given the same prompt, you will get 50 unique stories (even if the theme and setting are the same).
Comic Book Story Prompt:
Using the Comic Book Formatting structure that I talked about in this previous post: https://medium.com/@KellyBender17/how-to-format-a-comic-book-script-09dd8c019e7a
Write a 1–4 page comic book story using this SPY GAMES PROMPT:
SPY GAMES PROMPT
A spy must either; pickpocket (take something from) a suspect or place a tracker on a suspect in a real-world location and get away.
*Pro Tip: You determine how many panels are on each page of your story, by using the advice I give you in this article: https://medium.com/@KellyBender17/the-various-parts-of-a-comic-book-b86ffdb20f11
*Pro Tip: Remember that Details Matter and avoid mistakes in your art by ensuring your script thinks about these mistakes in this section of this article Bonus Examples of how SCRIPT Edits make ART MISTAKES: https://medium.com/@KellyBender17/creating-a-comic-book-page-process-3ddad753b89d
Prompt Writing Process Breakdown:
When you get your prompt you should start by asking questions about your prompt.
For example, if this image (below) is your prompt, start by asking the basic questions Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How.
What is this person doing? Who is this person? How did they get here? Where is this person? Why are they lying down?
Then write down answers to these questions until you are inspired to start writing your story.
Next, you start writing in the format your story is in, be it a Comic Book, Short Story, or Screenplay.
Example From Me:
Below are two examples of one-page comic book stories I wrote using the above photo as a prompt (legs lying on the ground).
*Pro Tip: It’s important to remember that your prompt can appear anywhere in your story.
Practice Templates:
Here are a few practice templates to use when working on your next prompt story.
