I need help with a storyboard??

Question

I like writing stories but i never been able to finish one. My friend suggested to make a storyboard. But the problem is I don't know how to. I know, weird and embarrassing. I really want to write something. Can someone help?

Answer 1

well...my dad uses story boards in his business (commercials)...and they are usually a picture with the caption underneath. and then the pictures together sum up the commercial

Answer 2

Think of a storyboard as a continuous comic strip, or comic book. It visually tells the story by depicting the characters "acting" out the plot in the intended setting.

In your case, since the final product will be a written piece, the accurate, realistic depiction will not be needed. What your board will do is allow you to "walk through" the scenes and make easy changes by rearranging or eliminating panels from the board. Or, you may end up adding panels if you think something is missing,

Example:

Panel 1. Joe is sitting at kitchen table, hands around a cup of coffee. Joe looks worried.

Panel 2. Mary walks in with the morning paper, arms waving, agitated.

Panel 3. Mary points to an article in the paper, obviously angry at what she sees. Joe's shoulders are hunched. He looks guilty.

Panel 4. Mary confronts Joe. "How could you let this happen?"

Panel 5. Joe looks, silently out the kitchen window.

After reviewing this scene, you may decide that Joe's character is too weak and needs to be more assertive. You may decide to make some changes.

Panel 3. Joe know what's up. He stands, grabbing Mary by the shoulders. "I know what you're thinking, but let me explain!"

Delete Pane 4.

Panel 6. Joe asks Mary to sit down. He looks her in the eye and says, "I was working late, last night, when Alice came in to the office."

Continued ....

Answer 3

An approach might be to use post-it notes on a board, if you know how your story will begin and end and how many characters you have or some of those details, you can create a timeline and assign a row for each character, for each major conversation and action you create another post-it and place it on the timeline, this might help keep your story cogent. The benefit of post-its and a board is that you can easily move them if one action contradicts another, you can also write notes to consider the consequences of an action or conversation on other characters who might not be directly involved.

Answer 4

i have that same goddamn issue and for some reason i get this feeling that i may just have writer's block or something, i have started like ten stories and none have an ending. the farthest ive got was thrity pages...anyway, the best advice that i can give you is to know how it is going to end and work your way towards that. usually, this technique is used for writing scripts, but you're writing a story either way...god luck.