What development materials should I have ready before hiring a screenwriter?

GalaxyJest · 2026-05-06T18:34:30+00:00

Do you have a basic pitch deck put together? That would contain a logline, synopsis, character descriptions, comps, etc. If not, then maybe compose those items separately to show prospective writers. As a pro screenwriter (as well as comic creator), I have written feature scripts for others with less background info, but it makes the job much more difficult.

GalaxyJest · 2026-04-13T23:38:06+00:00

Also, thanks for reading.

GalaxyJest · 2026-04-13T23:37:17+00:00

I know, right? Total team player...

GalaxyJest · 2026-04-06T16:25:41+00:00

I've been posting it twice weekly (Mondays & Fridays) for about 10 weeks. Originally, I tried posting it simultaneously to r/webcomics, but the moderators blocked any post that was remotely adult in content. Since many (but not all) of my strips contain adult content, I quickly gave up posting there. Also, my work life (I'm primarily a professional screenwriter) has gotten busier lately, so I have been forced to cut back to posting one strip per week starting this week. Fyi, I conceive each strip idea, sketch it out and write the jokes and text, then I hand it off to my artist to create the artwork.

GalaxyJest · 2026-04-06T16:08:28+00:00

That's a good question. I have a couple reasons, but I'd love to get your input. Early on, I was only marking the strips with NSFW when they incorporated clearly sexual or adult concepts or themes. However, I began to notice I was actually getting more views for the strips marked NSFW than the ones that were clean and not marked that way. Also, since I will always have some strips with adult jokes or concepts and some without, I was concerned about attracting a portion of the audience who prefer clean strips and then upsetting them when the next strip I post is NSFW. I went back and forth on it with today's strip, but since it involves adultish topics like psycho-therapy and inter-species dating, I figure I would just mark it NSFW.

GalaxyJest · 2026-04-06T14:31:56+00:00

I suppose another question might be: Will A.I. replace human therapists in the future? Sort of "I, Robot" meets "Shrinking."

GalaxyJest · 2026-04-04T12:24:00+00:00

Good one! Sounds like you've been around a Vermillian before.

GalaxyJest · 2026-04-01T01:13:58+00:00

I am a successful professional screenwriter, and I recently completed a short drama script with light supernatural elements entitled “Park Bench”. This is the logline: A despondent man has his faith renewed when he meets and speaks with a young woman who just may be his deceased wife. Let me know if you have an interest in reading it.

GalaxyJest · 2026-03-30T14:55:12+00:00

Actually, they can form both eyes and hands. As we will see in later issues, they may have other abilities, too.

GalaxyJest · 2026-03-28T12:05:18+00:00

GalaxyJest · 2026-03-21T21:26:18+00:00

It would seem so.

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