Introduction: Hi. I want to be a comic writer. Here is a fun little pitching game that I made up to help get the brainstorming juices of creation flowing. Hopefully, this will help you come up with something useful that you can use and create the next mega-hit with! I believe in you! This is loosely based on the pitch format that I have always used for television shows and learned at SCAD as a Dramatic Writing major, writer for scripts, TV, plays, and movies. Also more experimental script types, like narrative podcasts, VR games, and Interactive Experiences. But never mind all that, I'm getting distracted and showing off too much, like the nerd I am. Damn, my ADHD! Lol.
** Sigh... Another Introduction:** Here's the layout to use for your pitch, to keep a sense of uniformity and readability to this thing overall: It is also sometimes fun to have a template that you can just jump into without having to think about how to do it.
Logline: One sentence summary of the overall idea behind the story, try to keep it to one sentence and keep it simple, stupid, about the main narrative drive/conflict/set-up, and so on.
Arc Logline: Same thing as the log line but what is the first arc about, how are you breaking the seasons up, and what is the focus of the first season? Remember, one sentence, and keep it simple, stupid.
Genre: What genre or genres is your story in? Be as broad, or as niche as you want. Heck, combine two genres that don't usually go together. Honestly, I recommend it, as it is so much fun.
Similar Media: This is what other media your story is like. This isn't really important to your story, it just helps sell it to higher-ups, as corporate overlords love it when new media is exactly like other things that have made a lot of money. An unfortunate fact that has led to the homogenization of the fiction market in all mediums. Unfortunately, you still have to do it if you want to sell and support yourself with your art.
Synopsis: A paragraph piece of writing about what happens in the first arc of your story, think of this as an expanded version of your logline where you focus on all of the events that take place in your story, try to be as detailed as possible, but don't include everything that you can think of.
Scope: How big the project will end up being, how many pages, episodes or even just how many panels can you tell it in?
