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047: Taking Your First Comic Issue From Start to Finish
Before Mayke Entertainment, we were Arclight Comics! Tune into the re-release of The Arclight Podcast and get insightful tips, info, and advice on how we make comics. We shared everything we learned from 2009 to 2016. Learn how we branded our company, handled legal issues, character design, story development, and more!
Disclaimer: Please be advised, some of the information, advice, and practices may be outdated and no longer be in use by Mayke Entertainment.
Inside Episode 047: You need two things to take your first comic script from start to finish: perseverance and grit.
Key Takeaways
The most pivotal moment in writing your first issue is understanding that it’s not going to be what’s in your head the first time it gets on paper. It’s going to be very sloppy and very bad—and that’s the way it should be.
Perfection isn’t found in inactivity.
If it doesn’t exist, you can’t make it better. Start writing.
Motivation is found in the doing. You can’t sit around and wait to be inspired. You have to start. You have to execute.
Get your script on paper. That will forever and always be the catalyst behind moving it to completion.
Elevate your script with each revision. Your job isn’t to make it perfect on the first try. Writing is an iterative process.
Get your script in front of people who are going to give you positive, constructive criticism. You’re not looking for compliments or kudos at this stage.
Don’t try to justify everything once you’re given feedback. This feedback is to help elevate the first draft of your comic. Apply it where it matters to move it forward.
Surround yourself with talent, not people. Quality over quantity.
Invest.
At the beginning stages of building a brand, by no means should the words ‘cheap’ come out of your mouth.
Stand on the principle of value in all you do.
Fold story into every single aspect of this process from start to finish.
Story doesn’t start and end at the script. It has to go into everything else
22 Mar 2020
045: Don’t Rush the Process. Trust the Process.
Before Mayke Entertainment, we were Arclight Comics! Tune into the re-release of The Arclight Podcast and get insightful tips, info, and advice on how we make comics. We shared everything we learned from 2009 to 2016. Learn how we branded our company, handled legal issues, character design, story development, and more!
Disclaimer: Please be advised, some of the information, advice, and practices may be outdated and no longer be in use by Mayke Entertainment.
Inside Episode 045: You’re going to wish that you were further ahead, wish you had more money, or even question what you’ve gotten yourself into. But it all happens for a reason and we’re here to tell you in this episode to not rush or lose faith in the process.
Key Takeaways
Once you set your vision and make it clear, have enough faith to walk the road before you and trust you’ll get to the end of it.
Stay out of your feelings. You aren’t always going to feel like doing this, but push through.
Invest today, reap the benefits tomorrow.
Don’t be afraid to play the long game.
You’re going through what you’re going through to learn something. Without going through it, you won’t get to the next level.
Growth and maturity comes with the process.
22 Mar 2020
044: You Have To Set Bigger Goals (This Is How We Got To New York Comic Con)
Before Mayke Entertainment, we were Arclight Comics! Tune into the re-release of The Arclight Podcast and get insightful tips, info, and advice on how we make comics. We shared everything we learned from 2009 to 2016. Learn how we branded our company, handled legal issues, character design, story development, and more!
Disclaimer: Please be advised, some of the information, advice, and practices may be outdated and no longer be in use by Mayke Entertainment.
Inside Episode 044: You have to set bigger goals. Once you’ve set them, you have to devise a plan on how to achieve them. It isn’t enough to plan. You and your team have to execute on that goal and it needs to be executed on as a single, cohesive unit.
Key Takeaways
You have two choices. Believe in you goals or fear your goals.
Your bigger goals should be ambitious and scare you a little bit.
Don’t let goals sit in the idea stage. Execute on them. It’s not enough to just talk about it.
Learn how to reverse engineer your goals.
Reverse engineering is the process of building the goal backwards to see the steps it would take to get there.
When your team meets in person, the relationships should elevate.
Meeting in person allows conversations and ideation to continue. Online discussions start and end when the connection is started and then shut down. In-person allows for spontaneity of ideas and creativity.
Your team should meet at least once a year to create these bonds and experiences.
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