Creating Superhero Characters
Superpowers Will Not Make a Boring Character Interesting
Superhero Creation Questionnaire
How to Write a Good Sidekick
How to Name Superheroes
More Ideas About How to Name a Superhero
How to Give Your Superhero A Day Job
How Can Superheroes Maintain a Day Job?
Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 1
Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 2
Modern Superhero Naming Conventions
Questionnaire for Nonhuman Characters
Random Name Generator for Alternate Identities
Three Qualities of Solid Villains
Pros and Cons of Using Secret Identities
Reasons Your Protagonists Might Not Use Secret Identities
Superpowers and CapabilitiesList of Superpowers
How to Distinguish the Superpowers in Your Superhero Stories
Selecting Effective Superpowers For Your Story
Superpowers Checklist
How Creative Do Your Superpowers Need to Be?
How to Keep Your Superpowers Extraordinary
Limiting Superpowers for Dramatic Effect
Can You Explain Your Protagonist’s Superpowers in 1-2 Sentences?
Keeping Your Superpowers From Getting Stale
How to Create Weaknesses for Your Superhero
Creative Ways to Use Supersenses
How Do Your Characters’ Superpowers Affect Their Perspectives?
Kryptonite-Style Weaknesses Are Usually a Poor Option
Common Superpower Problems
10 Uses for Forcefields
Writing Psychic Characters and Psionics
Superhero Origin StoriesList of Superhero Origins
How to Write Origin Stories
Plausible Origin Stories
Why Secret Origins are Usually Awful
“Just Another Comics Blog” Argues Against Origin Stories
Plotting Superhero StoriesA List of Superhero Cliches and Tropes
Problems and Obstacles for Superheroes to Face Besides Supervillains and Criminals
Writing More Realistic Violence
Elements of Superhero Stories That Might Be Surprisingly Plausible
How to Do Superhero Gadgets Well
How to Keep Your Story’s Superpowers Extraordinary
Difficulties Superheroes Would Face in the Real World
Felonies That Most Superheroes Commit (this could be helpful if your protagonists have testy relations with the police)
Writing Realistic Superhero Stories
Five Common Mistakes of Comic Book WritersPart One
Part Two
Five Superhero Plots that Need to Die
Five Things About Your Superhero Story That Might Be Wasting Your Time
Other Advice for Comic Book WritersExperiment With Your Panel Layouts
Should You Write a Comic Book or a Superhero Novel?
Free Comic Book Scripting Software
Use the Ending of Each Issue to Sell the Next Issue
Make Your Recaps Stylish
Sketch Your Pages Before Sending Them to the Artist
The Mechanics of Writing a Superhero StoryHow to Write Superhero Fight Scenes
How to Pick Superpowers that Make Your Story Work
Common Problems with Superstrong Heroes
Common Problems with Psychic Superheroes
Common Problems with Powersuited Superheroes (like Iron Man)
Marketing and Visual IssuesEasy-to-Fix Visual Design Problems for Superhero Characters
How to Make Your Story Less “Weird” and More Novel
Superhero Visual References: Boots
Superhero Visual References: Gloves
Superhero Novel Proposals: How to Write the Comparable Works Section
Getting PublishedPublishers That Accept Unsolicited Submissions
What Goes Into a Comic Book Submission?
A Few Tips on Submitting a Comic Book Script
How to Communicate With Editors
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Writing a Superhero Story
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