Tasks Out of Order

From Toon Art by Steven Withrow (p. 22)

After ten months of work on my graphic novel I stumbled onto this. It gave me a chuckle. The order of my tasks is very unlike Withrow's. I barged into the world of graphic novel-dom with eagerness but no map, all sail and no rudder, flailing about as a novice without the aid of a mentor. 

My order is as follows.

WRITING A STORY LINE: Write rough draft script (I originally toyed with writing a play but chose cartooning instead). Edit script, dialog, and the content of random word balloons. 

CHOOSE FORM: Choose format (page sizes and panel distribution). 

LETTERING: Data entry (creating and filling word balloons with text). Editing data entry (recreating word balloons with different font). 

CHARACTER DESIGN: Choosing shadowy characters who will speak the text in those word balloons. Assigning individual characters to each quote. Grouping like minded quotes into a narrative flow and continuity.

COMPOSITION: Printing further edited versions of text. Adding characters while improving characters. Drawing and posting on line rough draft for first readers. Stopping at page 35 and doing further character design. Adding narrators and 15+ more pages of rough draft. Sketching rough draft and coloring digitally.

Still to do: SKETCHING BACKGROUNDS AND COMPOSITION, COLORING, ALTER DIGITALLY, POST/PRINT

Creativity isn't easy to plot!