Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel
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Join us as we build an original science fiction world.
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United States
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Technology Podcasts
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Join us as we build an original science fiction world.
Language:
English
Episodes
c50: Second Draft Outline and Bonus AI Discussion
10/16/2023
Armed with a completed second outline, we return for our 50th episode! This episode begins with a summary of the key changes planned for our second draft. In the next script, we’ll be fully integrating voiceover from page 1 and streamlining the way we present lobbies and the exec. We’ll also be revising Zoya’s plotline […]
Duration:01:14:57
c49: Script Draft 1, Beat 42
5/24/2023
Script Content:-Zoya and Csaba attend the Katallian service. They discover the portal door is locked and one way (but Ocean Songbird has a key). As early attendees they are drafted into a confession ritual.-Meanwhile the priests discover an unauthorized conjuring, which leads them to find Cranium tied up.-A struggle ensues in the church as Zoya […]
Duration:00:55:05
c48: Script Draft 1, Beats 37-41
4/16/2023
Script Content:-Zoya gets caught by Alltaf and assigned the task of killing Tim-The leadup to Tim’s death from Zoya’s perspective-The aftermath of Tim’s death: burying the body and lying to Cranium-Caught by Cranium, Csaba knocks out Cranium and takes his conjuring stone-Armed with the stone, Tim and Zoya head for the portal inside the church […]
Duration:00:41:16
c47: Script Draft 1, Beats 32-36
2/1/2023
Another double episode with pages from both Ted and Jon. Script Content:– Richard and Alexis urge Zoya to take Tim’s deal at the Gaia awards-Zoya is initiated into Alltaf-Zoya witnesses Tim trying to force his way through the Alltaf lobby-Richard and Alexis coach Zoya to have Tim complete the first task for her-Zoya shows Applonia […]
Duration:00:45:22
c46: Script Draft 1, Beats 27-31
1/30/2023
In this double episode, we get pages from both Ted and Jon. Script Content:-Tim, Zoya, and Csaba build shelters on Katall-Tim hunts for a suitable murder target-Zoya offers Tim an out (he doesn’t take it)-Tim discovers Cranium’s secret TV lair and decides to make Cranium the target-Tim goes to murder Cranium, while Zoya and Csaba […]
Duration:00:54:35
c45: Script Draft 1, Beat 26
1/9/2023
Tim, Zoya and Csaba enter Katall, learn about the naturalist entrance contract, witness a service that includes funeral rites and penitence for conjuring, join the Katallian religion, receive the assignment of building a shelter. Discussion: nailing down Ocean’s gender, considering whether this sequence could be shorter, proposing the addition of Tim’s voiceover, flagging the moment […]
Duration:00:24:03
c44: Script Draft 1, Beats 23-25
1/2/2023
Tim meets Csaba for dinner at a fancy Magnurbia restaurant, Csaba tells the story of Alltaf’s founding, Tim receives instructions for the third trial, Zoya offers Tim the chance to back out. Discussion: whether Tim should know who he’s meeting for dinner, whether Csaba should be a well-known figure, whether the voiceover should be past/present, […]
Duration:00:38:05
c43: Script Draft 1, Beat 22
12/26/2022
Visiting Pompeii, finding the clue “Come in, have a drink, stay a while”, getting attacked by a leopard, turning pain on to find the right door, turning mind altering substances on to cross the lava river, turning ejection off to unlock the final answer: “You must trust to be trusted.” Discussion: whether Tim should struggle […]
Duration:00:27:15
c42: Script Draft 1, Beats 18-21
8/23/2022
Taking the job in Applonia, posing as an elephant-headed god, building a temple for Applewhite, planting a backdoor, failing to help the Applonian people, onward to Wang’s world. Discussion: being an elephant versus just being invisible, defining the pain settings in Applonia, the meaning of “portal rights”, the nature of Tim’s moral choice, whether this […]
Duration:00:45:55
c41: Script Draft 1, Beats 15-17
8/8/2022
Receiving the first trial, finding the trial difficult, posting an ad, finding Applewhite. Discussion: introduction of voiceover, making Applewhite weirder, drawing on the Incal for exec inspiration.
Duration:00:22:59
c40: Script Draft 1, Beats 10-13
7/18/2022
Obtaining Alltaf’s address, fighting through Alltaf’s lobby, signaling to Zoya, blackmailing Zoya. Discussion: rules of Alltaf’s lobby, usefulness of the Bukhari reference, communication of blackmail stakes, how secret is Alltaf?
Duration:00:40:59
c39: Script Draft 1, Beats 6-9
3/8/2022
Magnurbia, Tim’s defaultist son, breaking up with Arturo. Discussion: How to handle the exec visually.
Duration:00:37:45
c38: Script Draft 1, Beats 4-5
2/8/2022
Tim and Zoya sign on the line, Gaia Awards nominees. Discussion: making the nominees interesting, scale of the Gaias, story perspective.
Duration:00:54:47
c37: Script Draft 1, Beats 2-3
1/24/2022
Gaia awards pre-party, Tim and Arturo panic about losing, and Tim proposes a deal to Zoya. Discussion: how to reveal Tim and Arturo’s panic, should concierge be an AI, comic book visual language.
Duration:00:30:38
c36: Script Draft 1, Beat 1
12/8/2021
Tim and Arturo finish their world art project
Duration:00:37:54
c35: Outline Part 3, Interstitials
11/17/2021
This episode outlines the additional interstitial stories that will occur throughout the book.
Duration:01:17:00
c34: Outline Part 2
11/2/2021
This episode summarizes the second half of the story.
Duration:01:30:59
c33: Outline Part 1
10/19/2021
Welcome back! This episode summarizes the first half of the story.
Duration:01:20:08
c32: Escape from Naturalist World
4/19/2021
what happens to Zoya, only priests have the power, coda on cult world
Duration:01:02:54
c31: You Must Save One Child For Each Person You Murder
4/8/2021
Zoya’s rebellion, sympathy with the cultists, the dark side of novelty
Duration:01:06:21