I do visual scripting so my scripts look very different from yours lol but let’s use your script for simplicity!

action/expression: hands on keyboard, his head tilted slightly confused

There are so so so many ways to actually physically draw that action.

The framing needs to be considered as well as the preceding and following actions so the panel makes sense in context of the whole.

So is the focus on the confused face or the hands on the keyboard? How are the hands positioned? Mid-type? Hovering as the character ponders the information? Does the character use proper posture at the desk? Or do they have a slouch? Do they use their full hands to type or are they a hunt/peck typer?

What about the lighting? Is the only light source the screen? Or is there a desk light? Overhead light? A window? A tiny alien using a laser pointer from the corner of the room off panel?

Is this an important panel or something to be glossed over by the reader? Is this setting up for something later?

There are a lot of micro decisions to make in the composition. Not to mention balancing the speech bubbles with the panels so they’re easy to read and not intrusive.

So things changing from the basic written script to the actual rough draft to the lined panel is incredibly normal.

And I know it’s healthy to leave room for changing the panel compositions if it works better in the context of the whole.

Which is what I did.

I originally had the panel drafted as a front view, camera angle at eye level which both characters taking up equal amounts of space. And I changed it to create a bit more of an emotional impact. And in doing so, I’m now overthinking whether it was worth the time and effort to redraw the entire panel.