Explore what editors look for when reading compelling visual stories, how to pitch your comics to publishers, and more.

Join Rob Clough this July through 4 Separate Zoom Talks.

8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific on Wednesdays.

Students are invited to purchase one or more seminars.

From Story to Pitch: 4 Week Package

$175.00

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Spend each Wednesday of July exploring all of Rob Clough’s topics from creating compelling visual stories to pitching comics with this 4-Week Lecture Bundle!

Talks will take place on Wednesdays July 3, July 10, July 17, and July 24 @ 8PM EST/5PM PT

From Story to Pitch Week 1: The 3 Narrative Questions in Building a Story with Rob Clough

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This seminar emphasizes character and motivation as the most important elements and offers advice on how to structure stories with regard to plot and world-building. This will be especially useful for those who are too focused on plot/world-building.

Talk will take place on Wednesday July 3. 8PM EST/5PM PT

From Story to Pitch Week 2: Memoir is a Genre with Rob Clough

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This seminar is lecture with implications. We will explore concepts of honesty and truth, the difference between story and anecdote, and types of memoir strategies. Aimed at those who want to tell personal stories but don't quite have a grasp on how.

Talk will take place on Wednesday July 10. 8PM EST/5PM PT

From Story to Pitch Week 3: Tips and Ideas on How to Get Back to the Drawing Board with Rob Clough

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An extensive talk about the dos and don'ts of diary comics, Lynda Barry's theories, reading and tracing other comics, etc. Finding the balance between intentionality vs intuition and using comics as stage magic metaphor.

Talk will take place on Wednesday July 17. 8PM EST/5PM PT

From Story to Pitch Week 4: How to Write a Pitch with Rob Clough

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buy Week 4: How to Write a Pitch—

from the perspective of a publisher. This will not just a series of instructions, but a journey through concepts to distill the essence of your narrative in a way that's not only easy to understand, but is easy to write. Most artists have a REALLY hard time talking about their own work, and Rob Clough has strategies on how to make this easier.

Talk will take place on Wednesday July 24. 8PM EST/5PM PT