EXERCISE: Change media?
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writercises Original Posting 4/11/2020
Here we go. A simple sort of thing. Take... oh, a cartoon show, such as Spongebob or whatever is on Disney. Or maybe a webcomic (Schlock Mercenary? Okay, take your pick). A favorite movie? Maybe a comic book?Now, simply write it up. Be aware that your reader may not know who the characters are, they can't see the setting or the action, and so forth. So you are going to have to tell them all about it! Okay? Make sure that your version is exciting, sets up the joke, keeps the tension up, and so forth, too!If you want an advanced version, consider the side stories or in between stories. Often in webcomics, especially, they jump from scene to scene. Guess what! You can fill in the in between steps. Sure, for the web comic, it is convenient to let the reader imagine it, but you can actually walk us through all the stuff in between. Or even take a side trip to the stuff that gets mentioned but not filled in.Okay? Movies, cartoon shows, anime, webcomics... lots of stories out there that you can use to practice writing a scene, a narration, a full tale in words, without the visual support of that other medium.Go! Write!
Here we go. A simple sort of thing. Take... oh, a cartoon show, such as Spongebob or whatever is on Disney. Or maybe a webcomic (Schlock Mercenary? Okay, take your pick). A favorite movie? Maybe a comic book?Now, simply write it up. Be aware that your reader may not know who the characters are, they can't see the setting or the action, and so forth. So you are going to have to tell them all about it! Okay? Make sure that your version is exciting, sets up the joke, keeps the tension up, and so forth, too!If you want an advanced version, consider the side stories or in between stories. Often in webcomics, especially, they jump from scene to scene. Guess what! You can fill in the in between steps. Sure, for the web comic, it is convenient to let the reader imagine it, but you can actually walk us through all the stuff in between. Or even take a side trip to the stuff that gets mentioned but not filled in.Okay? Movies, cartoon shows, anime, webcomics... lots of stories out there that you can use to practice writing a scene, a narration, a full tale in words, without the visual support of that other medium.Go! Write!