This past year, I wrote scripts for about 10 different one shots(short comics). And while I'm writing the script, I'm in love with the story and even plan on turning it into a comic once I complete writing it but as soon as I complete the script or sometimes even before then I just lose interest in the idea. Has anyone else had this problem? How did you deal with it?
Aug '17
Aug '17
I do this too, just remember to keep all of your scripts somewhere, so that way when you actually feel motivated, you can start to work on it again! 
I do this too, but it's more like I feel un-inspired by it?
Usually I'll let it sit for a week, re-read it and then scrapping it if I still don't like it.
It's pretty common I believe, to scrap ideas like that.
Tbh, I let an idea sit for nearly a year before I go into scriptmaking, but it's just so I'm sure that I'll complete it.
However, I go straight to thumbnailing after feeling done with the idea, instead of scripting, as it's easier for me to see the whole thing. (Writing/scripting first is actually really good!)
I've made comics, that I didn't finish because I hadn't the whole plot planned out, but thought I could do it anyway and figure it out as I went. (It didn't end up well, I scrapped it completely after doing 20+ pages and hated every ounce of it xD)
Few tricks that has helped me:
1.) Don't write the first thing that comes to your mind. Whether it's a great idea or not.
Great ideas comes twice.
Believe me, they do.
2.) Plan the whole thing. Or at least get the general basics down, details can always wait.
3.) Are you still passionate about the idea as you were 3-4 month ago? Write it down! Chances are it'll be a sticky one 
4.) Push yourself through it. It will feel boring and bland, but motivation to keep trucking is what helps most of the times.
5.) Only YOU can tell your stories.
Scripts can be tricky and most of the time use a lot of rewrites.
For me when inspiration strikes, I write it down!
I write down most everything in case I forget, or I jot things down just to get a feeling for it's potential.
Because even if it's not so great after thinking on it a bit, it's still there as a starting point. Just delete the iffy parts and write your new better idea. I'm a visual brainstormer, I need to take notes on what I think.
I usually write an outline, a map of the plot or story arc. And then in a separate document I get to actual dialogue.
Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, until you're happy.
So how many rewrites and scrapping did you guys do before you were able to finally find something you were happy with?
Depends on the story, for instance I had one where I wrote about 10 pages of dialogue and then I scrapped about 8 of those leaving only the very beginning because I reworked the plot to flow better and changed many things around including the main character's back story. And I'm still working on it, it's far from complete, or what I'd say publish ready where I'm ready to draw it out for real. So it may still see rewrites.
Other stories I've rewritten only about 20% of what I had, because I felt my initial ideas were strong enough.
And rewrites don't ever stop really. Even as I'm drawing a page and I have the text laid out, I'll do quick edits as I see fit. Sometimes it's to cut down on redundancy, other times it's even just to make the text fit better into speech bubbles, but that's a rare case.
This is the reason I haven't submitted my scripts to a certain company that would help me yet! >< I keep writing them and then trashing them. I've only recently started to actually follow through. I'm definitely going to read other's answers here. For me, it's just taken discipline to finally start following through on scripts. Even then, I'm taking longer than I should to finish them.
DONT TRASH THEM. My favorite story took me years before I felt comfortable. So, I'd suggest changing your story instead of destroying it. Also, listen to encouraging music or watch an encouraging movie.
I used to have more of a problem with this when I was trying to follow a strict genre or script pattern. (I actually started out wanting to do comic scripts as a break from short stories, cause at the time comics were what I was mainly reading.)
So perhaps you could try a prose overview first, and then maybe consider breaking it down into panels later on once the story is actually complete. And then not worry about fitting into any particular genre just yet
The other advice I can give, is avoid comic script critique websites, as they're primary focus seems to be in fluffing the comic artists ego than giving any kind of real advice for the script writer.
I think it could also help if you put it away for a while and then come back to it. Working on one thing for a long time can be an inspiration killer
I think I re-wrote Heritage2 at least 5 times before I settled it down to what it is today.
I had this HUGE GRAND IDEA to make 6-7 different comics following a certain character, so later be weaved together in the end, but still showing that character's view of how situations went.
Needless to say, it became too big for me and I had only just begun making webcomics and certainly wasn't prepared to take on a 3000+pages comic. I could barely even keep a 20 page comic going back in the times!
I did try. Several. Times.
Those aren't even all of them I've made about the same story... 8D
The general idea is still the same, but with a few plot changes later, I'm extremely thrilled to tell people about this story!
It's perfectly ok to let go of ideas for the moment, because they'll keep luring in the back of the head.
When they come back, they always carries something little extra with them (hence why I want to repeat: "Great ideas comes twice"). 
