I had the chance to attend the Utah Writers League conference this year because of the generously of a fellow writer, who couldn’t go. Here are my notes. The presenter was By Blake C?.

 Writing for a visual medium requires a writer’s imagination.
 You need to write down to the audience.
 If you see a comic and movie that has been inspired by another, it’s a dirabitive or a remake.
 Hollywood wants you to provoke something that will get their imagination. (Of the decision makers) / contest judges
 Writing for a visual medium requires a spirit of collaboration.
 When your writing you will be directing the film in your head. What you see in your head will not be the final product.
 Comic staff: artists, inkers, letterers,
 Movies staff: directory, costumes, actors
 The helpers bring their own expertise and craft into the final product.
 Writing for a visual medium requires communication. What is required for the project, budget etc.
 You need to have feedback during the writing process. You are too close to the story to see things that make sense.
 Take a class on screenwriting.
 Writing for a visual medium requires the writer to express the internal character externally. Column: dialog Golem and Smeegeal have dialog. Other characters show their thoughts through dialog, actions, expression, and body language.
 Screenwriter books say avoid voice-over dialog. That ends up telling the story. It the movie versions of show don’t tell.
 Writing for a visual medium requires storytelling with limitations. Comic books have room to be fantastic as you want to you feel with an artist’s limitations and room on the page.
 Film: You have to know the budget you’re working with. Cost of the movie Infinity war is about 200 million.
 The low budget movie had to rely more on character and dialog and borrow stuff for the sets to make the movie as good as possible $20K
 Writing for a visual medium that requires feedback and critiques.
 At the end of the day, it is all about story and character.
 Where do you start: written word vs. visual imagery?
 Visual images: stimulate directly. Created by a team of artist and craftsman.
 Written words: visually created by imagination. Thus comes the phrase: The book was better than the film
 Casting issues, budget limitations, and time limits. Movie length no more than 2 hrs.

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