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The Foundation: Crafting Brilliant Loglines & Outlines

May 20, 2026
In "The Foundation: Crafting Brilliant Loglines & Outlines,” Timothy dives into the vital craft of creating a logline and outline that give your screenplay a powerful foundation. He’ll help you create loglines that capture the full potential of your concept, followed by an outline that sets your script up for success by maximizing your story’s character arcs, unique attractors, and emotional impact. 

Book Pipeline

Book Pipeline connects writers to publishers, agents, and the film industry through competitions and workshops, providing hands-on support to bridge the gap between emerging authors and the industry since 2014.

Script Pipeline

Script Pipeline connects writers with producers, agents, and managers, facilitating over $8 million in sales through competitions and ongoing industry support, helping launch major films and secure high-profile representation since 1999.

Film Pipeline

Film Pipeline connects filmmakers and writers with agencies and executives, focusing on diverse storytelling and playing an active role in developing and promoting projects, reviewing thousands of submissions annually since its launch in 2018.

Writing for Comics: Finding an Artist and Comic Distribution

Recorded

May 13, 2025

Duration

2 Hours

Cost

$35

Subjects

Comics, Publishing, Screenwriting

Topics

Business, Craft

Recently nominated by the Chicago Reader as the best comic book writer in Chicago, comic writer and founder of Avina Comics John Aviña will demonstrate how to find an artist, spot common scams, how to be a good collaborator with an illustrator, and also share best ways to distribute your work once your project is complete, whether that be in traditional publishing or as an independent comic creator.

The following topics will be discussed:

  • Finding an Artist
    • Social Media
    • Test Pages
    • Contracts
  • Scams
    • Design out reach
    • Manga vs Comics
  • Distribution
    • Traditional
    • Indie
    • Diamond Publishing

This session is a wonderful compliment to John's first "Writing for Comics" Symposium available on-demand.

What attendees have said ...

The session was packed with useful information and timed well.

I loved the instructor's level of experience and his obvious love of the comics world.

Really appreciated John sharing his knowledge and experiences. I found it all enormously helpful, specifically the stuff you can't really research but is only learned by doing.

Host

John Aviña
John Aviña is a comic book writer from Chicago and was recently nominated by the Chicago Reader as the best comic book writer in Chicago. John has been writing comics since 2020 and writing scripts since 2013 when he attended Tribeca as a screenwriter. John has traveled all over the states to many different conventions […]

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The Foundation: Crafting Brilliant Loglines & Outlines

May 20, 2026
In "The Foundation: Crafting Brilliant Loglines & Outlines,” Timothy dives into the vital craft of creating a logline and outline that give your screenplay a powerful foundation. He’ll help you create loglines that capture the full potential of your concept, followed by an outline that sets your script up for success by maximizing your story’s character arcs, unique attractors, and emotional impact. 

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Deconstructing Books for Craft and Marketability: Read Like a Writer

April 22, 2026
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