Chapter 9: Page 235
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235 - Target Practice
Posted on 2010-02-01 00:00:20

New month, new comic!

I know this is a bit late, but here is an interview I did at zombieinfo.com! :D Good times, good times!

Updated the Galleries!
- Official art.
- Guest art.
- Guest Comics.

Continuing from the previous update, I'm going to show you how I do up the script, looking back at the waypoints from the previous updates, this is how I weave it into the story.

Here is a sample of scripting from TZH:
You see a shot of her entire room as she adjusts the dog tags on her person.

Someone is walking up the stairs towards her chambers.
Jenny suddenly sits up straight and looks at the door, it has been bolted many times and there is a chair in front of it. She gets up slowly and grabs her shovel beside her desk. She begins to approach the door slowly. There is a pause. Then, a knock.

Jenny: (startled) Who's there?
Male Voice: Zombies, lots of them.
Jenny rolls her eyes. She opens up the door, the angle is right in front of her, as if you were the person standing in the doorway.
Jenny: Have a lot of guts coming here Jasper.
A man with sleek black hair pushed to the side enters, he has a gun. He notices her holding the shovel, and mock laughs-- Cute. He lets himself in.
Jenny: What do you want?
Jasper: What? I can't just drop by and say hello? Jasper waltzes about her room like he owns the place.
Jenny: Jenny glares. People like you don't 'just drop by,' to say hello... unless they want something.
Jasper: Well then, Jasper sits on Jenny's bed, and then lies down, arms crossed behind hid head. perhaps I want to thank you for not having the courage to tell your friends about my transfer to your team. Seeing their faces when I told them myself was priceless.

I created my own script format that mirrors almost that of a movie script, but instead of depicting a scene of a movie, it depicts the panels in the comic. Again, this is my way of doing things; there are probably many different formats to accomplish the same goal. Which is basically creating a clear depiction of the dialogue, scene, and mood.

There are shit-tons of tools and recourses about this topic at your library, the Internet, or heck, even that English class that you hate so much that can help you with creative writing. I am not the most seasoned writer myself, so currently I am researching and reading as well :)





Original script for 02-01-2010:
This script may not match the finished comic! It will, however, contain the original spelling errors and other mistakes.
Mercer: [to Megan quietly] I thought you had already gone over this with him.
Megan: Of course I did, I just didn't get into the specifics of his assignment. Of which team he was going to be with.
Mercer: We should have just put him with the guards...
Megan: No- you heard what Jasper said; they would use him for target practice.
Megan: [Turns to Charlie] Charlie? Why don't you get your things?
Charlie: [sigh] Very well. [Charlie nods and leaves]
Megan: [Continues, after Charlie is gone.] Besides, the Halo guards would hardly have the compassion or the ability to even empathize or accept him--
Mercer: And THEY do? [catches himself] It's Jenny that I'm worried about. She knows that he's a berserker, and she has a vile temper. I'm afraid the first thing she will do is kill him.
Megan: That's why she doesn't get a zapper [Holds up zapper things] Seriously though, Mercer, you are just going to have to believe me; she promised to keep silent about this situation. I trust her, so you're going to have to trust me.