Each lesson takes about 5 minutes and ends with a mission you can do right away in the Creation Studio. Do them in order, or jump to the one you need.
Every great story starts with someone we care about. Your hero needs three things: something they want, something they're good at, and something they're afraid of.
Your mission: Invent a hero. Give them a name, a power, a fear and a goal.
Create my hero →Where does your story happen? A floating city, a haunted school, the bottom of the ocean? Use your senses: what does it look, sound and smell like there?
Your mission: Draw a map or picture of your world, and give it one strange rule.
Draw my world →No problem, no story! Something has to go wrong. A villain shows up, a friend goes missing, or a storm is coming. The bigger the problem, the more exciting the story.
Your mission: Roll the Story Dice and write what goes wrong.
Roll the dice →Dialogue is what your characters say. Good dialogue shows how a character feels without telling us. Compare: "I'm angry." vs "Give. Me. Back. My. Sandwich."
Your mission: Make a 3-panel comic where two characters argue about something silly.
Open a 3-panel comic →Comics tell a story one picture at a time. Read panels left to right, top to bottom. Change the "camera": a wide shot shows where we are, a close-up shows feelings.
Your mission: Draw a 4-panel comic: wide shot, action, close-up, big finish.
Open a 4-panel comic →A great ending solves the problem and shows how your hero has changed. Did they get braver? Kinder? Smarter? Then give your book a title and a cover.
Your mission: Finish your story, add a cover and print your book!
Finish my book →