I worked with my coach to develop some new spiral variations to make my program more interesting. Each one is different and you'll have to wait until January to see them.
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I'm working on a new creator-owned series for Vertigo called 'The Discipline.'
I like creating these rhythmic patterns. These interlocking rhythmic things are really fun.
I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas.
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.
Developing a series is a next step for me.
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.
As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less preparation. I didn't use outlines or sketches. I just had a vague idea of what I wanted to tell and then the dialogue just came to me as I was inking the page.
Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.
I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work.
I tend to write the episodes in the middle of the season, which can be a challenge because you've got to balance all these threads that have begun - and also make sure they will make sense with the overall plan going forward.
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