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Nothing ever came of it, but it was a great exercise. I was kind of intimidated by the format and “rules” of a screenplay, but the pressure was less because I already knew the characters and story so well. Adapting my own work was a great way to make the jump into screenwriting. So I wrote a feature spec of my comic, Dynamo 5. I remember very clearly the conversation that ensued, and by the end of it I was incredibly energized about trying to transition from comic books into features and TV. So why not just do it myself?Īnd that’s what got me started. After all, they were my characters and this baby writer wasn’t bringing a huge reputation to the table. Some writer friends of mine asked why I wasn’t writing the spec myself. One of these writers was a baby feature writer who was adapting one of my comics as a feature spec.

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Parker explained it well when he said, “I tend to look at books the way carpenters look at houses.” My secret originīecause I didn’t want to ruin my love of TV by writing TV, I was content to let my manager shop around my comic books as movie and TV properties, and attach other writers. Because despite writing comic books, I read very few comic books these days. I guess I was a little afraid that working in TV could destroy my enjoyment of TV as a viewer. In fact, I spent considerable time coming up with reasons not to try my hand at TV writing. But in addition to comics, I’ve got a great love for television, so I’m finally taking the plunge and becoming a TV writer. It’s a great, fun job and incredibly fulfilling.

I’m 38 years old and I’ve been writing comic books professionally for the past 13 years. Jay Faerber is trying to transition from writing comics to writing TV, and is doing so with the help of the Warner Bros TV Writers Workshop. Today’s First Person article comes from the open call.

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