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Points of Impact – Week 15: Crossing the Streams

| July 7, 2012
Points of Impact – Week 15: Crossing the Streams

Don’t listen to Egon. Sometimes it’s a good thing to cross the streams – er, I mean narrative tracks.

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Points of Impact – Week 14: Back to the Future

| July 1, 2012
Points of Impact – Week 14: Back to the Future

When using foreshadowing, we can’t help but go back, Marty!

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Points of Impact – Week 13: Cutting Through

| June 24, 2012
Points of Impact – Week 13: Cutting Through

Points of Impact New Formula is now here! PLEASE do not draw any comparisons with New Coke…

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Points of Impact – Week 12: Then and Back Again

| June 16, 2012
Points of Impact – Week 12: Then and Back Again

Let me start at the middle so you know how it ends…

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Points of Impact – Week 11: Just Shut Up and Say It

| June 9, 2012
Points of Impact – Week 11: Just Shut Up and Say It

What if one of the best ways to tell a story was to not say anything?

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Points of Impact – Week 10: Switching Tracks

| May 26, 2012 | 3 Comments
Points of Impact – Week 10: Switching Tracks

*All aboard* and I’ll *train* you how to *engineer* some *track switching*. (No more puns inside, I swear!)

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Points of Impact – Week 9: Big In Japan

| May 19, 2012 | 4 Comments
Points of Impact – Week 9: Big In Japan

What happens when plot takes a backseat to atmosphere? “Things will happen while they can.”

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Points of Impact – Week 8: How to Get Framed

| May 12, 2012 | 15 Comments
Points of Impact – Week 8: How to Get Framed

Framing devices – simple bookends for your narrative or possibly a whole other story? Lets find out!

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Points of Impact – Week 7: Borrowing Some Eyes

| May 5, 2012 | 3 Comments
Points of Impact – Week 7: Borrowing Some Eyes

Jeepers creepers! Change your readers’ peepers!

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Points of Impact – Week 6: Hiding In Plain Sight

| April 28, 2012 | 6 Comments
Points of Impact – Week 6: Hiding In Plain Sight

This week, Morin shows you how you can make the reader use his “little grey cells”… /Poirot

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Points of Impact – Week 5: Setting ‘Em up, Knocking ‘Em Down

| April 21, 2012 | 4 Comments
Points of Impact – Week 5: Setting ‘Em up, Knocking ‘Em Down

What do you expect from this week’s Points of Impact? Let’s see what we can do about these expectations…

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Points of Impact – Week 4: Adding Another Dimension

| April 14, 2012 | 12 Comments
Points of Impact – Week 4: Adding Another Dimension

This week, we look at how you can create comics with more than words and images. No, not money.

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