Hi, my names Mary, I live in Virginia and I'm looking for an artist to start a Webtoon with (possibly 2) and later on turn it into a book.
I have two stories in the works currently (1 mostly finished, script wise + 30 sample pages) and (1 still currently writing but already outlined). I'm new to posting forums and such so I will try to add all the information I think you guys would need.
1st book- Ghost Eyes Volume 1: The Eyes Of Darkness And The Heart Of The Phoenix
Sample Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z3wRs1_1QJk5R-kREx8N0AiAxhifJN2M97mCjCcn3ok/edit?usp=sharing
Basic Plot: The story follows the life of a young girl who has gained, lets say, peculiar abilities. During her long and often tough journey she faces many hardships, bullying, the struggle of moving to a new state, going to a new school and let’s not forget the demons and monsters that want her power. But along the way she makes some pretty great friends that always have her back, overcomes her fears and becomes someone extraordinary.
A young girl (Stacey) moves to Nevada after struggling with an old Egyptian curse that forces her to leave her home town. A powerful being from another world searches for a powerful relic that she lost and must find it before it falls into the wrong hands.
Their stories intertwine and at some point find out about each other's secrets but slowly become friends. Their friendship is tested when the ones they love are in danger and must work together to save them and the world.
Summary:
Stacey was your typical high school teen until one day accidentally receiving a cursed artifact. Somehow, she is able to unlock it and unravel the box’s deepest secrets, but in turn is granted power and a friend like no other. Stacey may not want this power but there is someone who does, and they will stop at nothing to get what they want. Two lives are intertwined, and facts are unknown. During her long journey to learn how to control her newfound abilities she makes incredibly powerful enemies and a few, equally powerful friends.
Tell me will it be a blessing?
Or a curse?
(Ok I really suck at summaries! ~_~ but this one is a bit better, it is the Webtoon version): In a world full of ghosts, demons and vengeful witches'. Stacey works to unravel the truth of the past and find out what really happened to her father, before the enemies win.
Notes: So this will be a 3 part book series, it is a real big project I would say so if you think you are up for it then please do DM me or add me on discord: eebir #7503. The story I admit seems to start off a little slow, especially with the sample script you have, but trust me it picks up fairly quickly down the line. My script is currently being edited and I am writing out the big ending battle/cliffhanger to finish the book off as we speak.
The story is genres are fantasy, mystery and thriller. There is a lot of lore, twists and turns, betrayals and I have fun killing people off . As good as I can be when it comes to stories forming I do suck at explaining things but I do have this book trailer which I hope you enjoy.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbs_m3p1RWU
Sample Pages:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Ddbu5WxB8CbnYPrCQNs2fFG2eKVx2px/view?usp=sharing
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The 7 Kings
Sample Story Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15O_0LvLbDJg80gD_jdmit5OobtJZCYawMXQWZh7xHC4/edit?usp=sharing
Sample Story Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GjF4WzrgzdIz9bZ8Wo1TR_ZIf9lTi9adNdMnqedZ_Sw/edit?usp=sharing
Basic Plot: (Have not prepared a Summary for this so yea) So the story is about a young village girl forced by her selfish power-hungry mother to marry the 7 conjoined kings of Ellenshae. The kings are 7 nobles and the most powerful in all the land, Misaki reluctantly agrees to the marriage only because she wants to help her dad and get him out of his failing business. Then we journey along to her meeting and interacting with each of them, hating half of them, being ok with the rest. Ends up saying now after the 30day trial only to have the kings come forward and ask for a second chance, have her mother try to kill her and etc.
Summary:A young girl, Misaki , is forced by her power hungry mother into an arranged marriage with the 7 kings of Ellenshae, feared for they’re power and cruelty. Luckily, her father is able to negotiate a test trial. Mikasi has 30 days to decide whether or not she’ll marry the kings and insure her families well being or say no and be banished forever. Join her as she battles love, war and an evil mother who won’t rest till she’s on the throne.
Note: The main character is not your usual run of the mill character that you would see in a story like this. I wanted something different from your basic weak, cryie screamie type of girl. I wanted someone who was stubborn, kind, smart, sarcastic and had no problem being a rude headass when needed. The story outline is a quick brief on what that chapter would look like, the outline is also going to be much different then the story itself. I wrote it a week ago, liked most of it but need to change lots of it.
What am I looking for?
Alright, as stated before I am looking for an artist to partner up with me to bring these stories to the world. I can't draw to save my life but I crave to have my stories out into the world. I have been working on the Ghost Eyes book for about 2 years now, it went through many many rewrites and edits and it's almost complete,. I am very passionate about it and I'm looking for someone who is enjoyable to work with and who would handle my stories with care and make them look amazing. The 7 kings story is fairly new but learning from my first book I am already half way done, this one was much easier to write. Romance is a new territory for me ( I love reading it but never actually wrote it)
I am also looking for someone who has a similar style to the sample pages below. I am open minded so you can send me your samples and I will see if we'd be a good match.
Do I have a future planned for the books?
Yes. I wrote the Ghost Eyes series to be a series, a book series. I planned on it being a psychical book and being found in libraries and book stores and etc, I plan on crowdfunding the book on Kickstarter but with the pandemic and everything I don't have the funds to jump straight into Kickstarter like I first wanted so instead of paying for ads and publicity I have to go the old fashion way. Organic audiences and what better platform then Webtoon, if you search Ghost Eyes on Webtoon you will see a head with faces and that's my story or just go here: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/ghost-eyes/list?title_no=322717
The illustrator used to make the sample pages for the book is an amazing freelancer I found a while ago but sadly I don't have the money to keep paying for pages so that is why I am here looking for hopefully a long term partner or someone to start out with.
I wrote The 7 Kings mainly for Webtoon, I intended it be an online comic that grows and hopefully gets recognized by the platform or some other one, If things went well I do think I will turn it into an actual book but for now I'm not too sure. It will be a 2 season story.
Did I answer all your possible questions? Please do let me know if your interested or if not, how do you like the story ideas? I'd love to hear them!
PS. I notice that the way I script my novels may be weird but I am new to graphic novels and I usually wrote in a traditional sense. The format just seemed the most comfortable to me, and also ignore the Chapters. Its just how I organize my writing the books will not be broken up into chapters