From scene goal to drawable panels

Graphic Novel Scene Planner

Build a page-by-page comic script with panel framing, visible action, dialogue budgets, continuity notes, and page-turn prompts.

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The Last Signal · Nia, bicycle courier · a station in the rain · locked platform gate · the recipient is on the departing train · 3 pages × 4 panels.

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UNDER THE HOOD

The engine distributes establishing, orientation, attempt, consequence, and reveal beats across the requested panel count. It assigns reproducible framing cues, dialogue budgets, page-turn prompts, and recurring motif placements. It performs no image generation. This is a deterministic, browser-local guided generator, not a language model. Identical inputs and variation number reproduce the same draft. No model inference, fact checking, originality clearance, or performance prediction is performed. Review and edit before use.

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Give the scene a visible problem

“She is anxious” is hard to draw. “She reaches a locked gate while the last train begins moving” gives an artist a place, action, and obstacle. Write the goal and barrier in terms that can appear in a…

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One panel is one readable moment

A character cannot enter a room, inspect a desk, find a letter, and run away in the same still image without confusing time. Split the sequence into separate moments or choose the one that implies the others.…

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Use panel density to control attention

Fewer panels can give a reveal or physical movement more space. More panels can slow a small interaction into beats, but also reduce room for balloons. Choose a dialogue budget and place the words while…

GOOD TO KNOW

A few useful answers.

Does this generate comic art?

No. It creates a downloadable text panel script with framing, staging, dialogue seeds, and continuity prompts. Illustration is a separate step.

Are the dialogue lines final?

No. They are short editable seeds. Replace them with speech that reflects your character, context, and subtext.

Can I plan one page?

Yes. Choose one page and three to six panels. The first panel establishes the scene and the last presents your reveal.

Why does a longer plan contain repeated prompts?

The tool uses a finite scene structure. On longer sequences you need to supply distinct attempts and consequences; the continuity checklist calls this out rather than pretending the scaffold is a finished book.