Over – A romantic comedy online graphic novel by Tyler James

Writing Over has been quite an adventure.

It started out as a graphic novel and evolved into a screenplay.  After countless hours and more than four rewrites of the script, I finally got Over to a point where I was happy with the story.  Only then did I begin to translate it back to a comic…the very graphic novel you’ve been reading and hopefully enjoying thus far.

Writing a feature length screenplay has long been a goal of mine.  While I’ve had The Screenwriter’s Bible for years and took a class in 2002 that involved some screenwriting, I just never found the inspiration (and more importantly the dedication) to actually sit myself down and write one.  The fact that I’ve now got a spec script in Over is something I’m very proud of.  The experience of writing a feature length script, putting it out for feedback, and revising and rewriting and revising again, has probably been the most rewarding experience in my life as a writer.  I feel like I’ve grown in leaps and bounds by committing to this process.  I hope it shows in both this story, and in everything I write going forward.

While I’d love to be able to update with a new page every day, I simply can’t draw that fast.  But I am committed to frequently (daily if possible) updating this site with interesting content relevant to both the story and themes presented in Over. One of the regular features at this site will be the presentation of the screenplay.  Now, I won’t be spoiling the comic by giving away things in the screenplay.  Rather, after a scene or sequence is posted in comic form, I’ll include that scene as written in the screenplay.

In some cases, the screenplay and the comic are different.  Some scenes will be added for the comic and some omitted.  What works in one medium doesn’t always work in the next.  Certain montages or visual tricks that were written for the screen need to be handled differently in comic form.  Hopefully, the screenplay will provide enjoyable, complimentary reading material for those days I’m not updating with a new comic page.

I want to give a special acknowledgment to the incredible website and (more importantly) community at TriggerStreet.  I posted several version of Over on that site and got some incredibly helpful critiques from people there.  It is a much better script thanks to Trigger.

So, tune in tomorrow for page 1 of Over, the first feature length screenplay by Tyler James.