Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel

Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel episodes:

• 10.16.2023

  c50: Second Draft Outline and Bonus AI Discussion

  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...

  
• 05.24.2023

  c49: Script Draft 1, Beat 42

  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,...

  
• 04.16.2023

  c48: Script Draft 1, Beats 37-41

  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...

  
• 02.01.2023

  c47: Script Draft 1, Beats 32-36

  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...

  
• 01.30.2023

  c46: Script Draft 1, Beats 27-31

  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...

  
• 01.09.2023

  c45: Script Draft 1, Beat 26

  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...

  
• 01.02.2023

  c44: Script Draft 1, Beats 23-25

  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...

  
• 12.26.2022

  c43: Script Draft 1, Beat 22

  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...

  
• 08.23.2022

  c42: Script Draft 1, Beats 18-21

  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...

  
• 08.08.2022

  c41: Script Draft 1, Beats 15-17

  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.

  
• 07.18.2022

  c40: Script Draft 1, Beats 10-13

  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?

  
• 03.08.2022

  c39: Script Draft 1, Beats 6-9

  Magnurbia, Tim’s defaultist son, breaking up with Arturo. Discussion: How to handle the exec visually.

  
• 02.08.2022

  c38: Script Draft 1, Beats 4-5

  Tim and Zoya sign on the line, Gaia Awards nominees. Discussion: making the nominees interesting, scale of the Gaias, story perspective.

  
• 01.25.2022

  c37: Script Draft 1, Beats 2-3

  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.

  
• 12.08.2021

  c36: Script Draft 1, Beat 1

  Tim and Arturo finish their world art project

  
• 11.17.2021

  c35: Outline Part 3, Interstitials

  This episode outlines the additional interstitial stories that will occur throughout the book.

  
• 11.02.2021

  c34: Outline Part 2

  This episode summarizes the second half of the story.

  
• 10.19.2021

  c33: Outline Part 1

  Welcome back! This episode summarizes the first half of the story.

  
• 04.19.2021

  c32: Escape from Naturalist World

  what happens to Zoya, only priests have the power, coda on cult world

  
• 04.08.2021

  c31: You Must Save One Child For Each Person You Murder

  Zoya’s rebellion, sympathy with the cultists, the dark side of novelty

  
• 04.01.2021

  c30: Zoya’s Side of the Story

  deep dive into our secondary character’s pov

  
• 03.22.2021

  c29: Don’t Let a Good Con Go to Waste

  the club’s take, showing up together, Zoya’s perspective

  
• 03.15.2021

  c28: The Only Thing We Have to Do is Die

  the ultimate trial, club rep calls the shots, naturalist culture

  
• 02.25.2021

  c27: The Puzzle is an Entire World

  solving a puzzle, giving up your rights, Terrell rooms

  
• 02.18.2021

  c26: Make Your World Building Dreams Come True

  finding a tip, making a backdoor, Zoya’s POV

  
• 02.10.2021

  c25: Status Games Within Status Games

  Tim shows up, Zoya gets involved, everyone has leverage

  
• 02.02.2021

  c24: Kung Fu Style

  questions of motivation, fleshing out the contract, Tim shows up

  
• 01.20.2021

  c23: Outlining the Beginning

  family reunion, partnership dissolution, antagonist entrapment

  
• 01.13.2021

  c22: Outlining the Constellation

  Tim and Zoya, bad contracts, parental pressure

  
• 11.24.2020

  c21: A Short History of the Constellation

  From the scan to the present

  
• 11.18.2020

  c20: Novel Worlds Pitch Session

  Art Worlds, Movements, Genres

  
• 11.03.2020

  c19: Public Worlds Set Up to Solve Problems

  Mailboxworld, Moneyworld, Wikiworld, etc.

  
• 10.26.2020

  c18: Hobbies Don’t Count

  Remote Work, Work in the Constellation

  
• 10.08.2020

  c17: Religion in the Constellation

  Stances toward the Simulators, Orthodox Defaultism

  
• 09.29.2020

  c16: A Slug Crossing a Lawn in Realtime

  Art Worlds, Genres and Novelty, Colonies and Awards

  
• 09.21.2020

  c15: Rulesy and Unclear

  Media Club: Inception, Congress

  
• 09.15.2020

  c14: How to Commit a Murder in the Constellation

  Mating Under the Hood, Novelty Club, Mercy and Regeneration

  
• 09.09.2020

  c13: Create the Illusion You’re Exclusive

  Osmosis, Addressing the Exec, Clubs

  
• 08.25.2020

  c12: Our Character Cannot Be Satisfied

  Builds Worlds for Status, Wants into a Club, Three Trials

  
• 08.11.2020

  c11: Core Rules of the Constellation

  New? Start here! Summary of c01-c10, Fundamental Assumptions

  
• 07.29.2020

  c10: Infinite Zebras

  Lobbies, Strobing, Consolidation and Empire

  
• 07.17.2020

  c09: Alone in a Serengeti

  2030, The ancestral plain, Babies and pets

  
• 07.01.2020

  c08: The Legend of Jerry

  Final DEVS, Eating and Sleeping, Regeneration, Default Homeworld

  
• 06.19.2020

  c07: The Intergalactic Space Phone

  Devs, Ted Chiang, No Interworld Communication

  
• 06.11.2020

  c06: The Standard Clock Rate of Everything

  Newborn Rights, Money World, Interworld Communication

  
• 06.03.2020

  c05: Babies Are Being Born with God Powers

  Upload, Having Kids and Copying Minds, AI limits

  
• 05.26.2020

  c04: The Simple Answer is Monkeys

  Deleting Worlds, Personal Avatars, The Transition, Mental Aging

  
• 05.15.2020

  c03: A Low Amount of Pain for All Eternity

  Ejection, Entrance Contracts, Religions Inside the Constellation.

  
• 05.07.2020

  c02: Remain Indoors

  Corona virus, It Follows, keys and tips.

  
• 04.30.2020

  c01: Building an Original Science Fiction World

  Introducing the broad science fiction concepts and writing principles behind our next graphic novel.