Manga Writing

[Jaigun-Otaku]

I presented the question once and no answered, so I'm trying again ^_^:
I want to change one of my novels into a manga, but I am only concerned about the writing part. Does anyone know how I would go about converting narrative to manga or comic format?

[Javer]

Drawing might help.

Seriously, if you've already got a novel, what more writing do you need to do? Do you mean storyboarding and such, and shortening narrative dialogue to better fit comic form?

[jetfire]

For me, I just go about spreading out my content into panels. For example, the first page of your novel will have a ton of words, but when making a manga, I'll spread that one novel page into about 5 manga pages. Next, I write the script:

Page 1:

Panel 1: Joe walks down the street

Panel 2: Joe bumps into Bob

Joe: "Hey Bob"
Bob: "Hey Joe"

Panel 3:

(Joe pulls out his wallet): "Wanna go get a coffee? My treat"

Panel 4:

Bob: "No. I want to get wasted"

Panel 5:

Joe: "I told you to lay off the bottle and funnel. Now what part of coffee dont you understand? COFFEE!"
Bob: "BEER?"

Panel 6:

Joe: "C...O...!"
Bob: "B...E..."

Page 2:

Panel 1: (and so forth).

Yeah, I know, it's a stupid example, but that's the format I use, and it's worked out well for me. Basically, just reformat your novel, to describe what's happening in the panels in each page and you should be fine.

[Jaigun-Otaku]

Ah, thanks, guys!
At least somebody answered this time...-_-

[Javer]

Ahahaha. We catch on sooner or later.

Still, it's hard to believe that a guy my age already has a novel published. o_O

[Erigion]

http://www.animeacademy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22986