Writing Comics with Barbara Kesel and Marv Wolfman Part 2

Barbara - The answer is when you hit the deadline. If you don't have one, create one for yourself. Sometimes it's intuitive, sometimes not.

Marv - In comics it's the deadline. In novels [it's specific]. Be willing to constantly go back and revise. At some point you have to commit, learn more about characters. A writer writes, [and you are not a writer} when you are just sitting there.

Barbara - You want a crew of people to read your work and find constant criticism. Part of the job [as writer] is communication and part is evocation of the character [in the specific] script.

Marv - [When a publisher or editor say here's what you need to put here] I ignored it. Listen [to people who you have read you work]. Understand what you wrote [if it seems boring or too long}. The first draft is what you believe in. Listen to problems, [from people who are] very intuitive [about the feel of the story].

Question - What is writing a story all about?

Barbara [For me writing] Meridian, [its all bout] feeling. [I wrote a story for girls, where the battles happen off page. Guys wrote into me and said what's with this story - nothing is happening. Girls wrote in and said finally - a story where something is happening. ]

Marv - It's all about the character. {In Teen Titans when I introduced the character Starfire, the editors] they did not like the look of Starfire. [But the point was] we made them all look different.

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That's all for this time. God bless.

Robert

P. S. Don't forget today is Free Comic Book day - May 7, 2005 this year. http://www.freecomicbookday.com

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