Plan Your Story

In this video, you will plan out the story for your comic strip.

Planning what will go in each frame of your comic strip before you create it will help you organize the story before you make your drawing.

To begin, think of a topic for your comic strip.

You might choose a historical event, an event from your own life or from school, a made-up story, or a topic your teacher assigns.

Type a title for your comic strip in your planning document.

Choose a title that captures your audience’s attention.

Type a short description of what each frame of your comic strip will contain into your planning document.

This will help you remember what to put in your drawing later.

To help you plan each frame, ask yourself, what are the four most important events or actions in my story?

Next, add at least one character that will be in the first frame of your comic strip.

The characters perform the action in your story.

Add characters for the other three frames.

You might have the same character in all four frames, or you might use more or different ones.

Add a setting for each frame.

This is where the action takes place.

Your comic strip might also include objects.

Objects appear in the frames as part of the character, action, or setting.

For example, your comic strip might include a pencil for a character to hold, a spaceship, a tree, or a bright sun in the sky to show that it is daytime.

Try not to spend more than ten minutes planning your comic strip, so you have time to make your drawing.

Now it’s your turn: Write the title of the comic strip in the comic strip plan, And add the action, characters, setting, and objects for each frame.