That’s why my author’s blog is called Dialogue To Follow… Mostly, however, I plot and dialogue at the same time, sometimes with music playing in the background, but usually fully immersed in the writing and talking to myself as I sound out SFX and cool character interactions. Scott also revamped the classic Charlton Comics character SON OF VULCAN for DC, co-engineered the epic JOKER'S LAST LAUGH crossover event, and wrote BATMAN: GOTHAM. Often the momentum of the story pulls me along and I either skip dialogue or put-in placeholder text until the final write-through. With collaborator Chuck Dixon, Scott wrote BATGIRL YEAR ONE, named Best Miniseries of 2003 by WIZARD Magazine, as well as the bookending minis ROBIN YEAR ONE and NIGHTWING YEAR ONE. Universe: DC: Authors: Scott Beatty, and Chuck Dixon: Artists: Alvaro Lopez, and Marcos Martin. Otherwise, I begin with an idea or fully-realized plot and then sit down and write. Batgirl: Year One (Deluxe Edition Hardcover). After that I wrote Marvel-style outlines for each page-spread and Butch did all the rest in art before it was handed back to me to dialogue. I either flew to Florida for epic plotting sessions or talked over the plot in conference calls with the entire team. There I collaborated with penciler Butch Guice, inker Mike Perkins, and colorist Laura Martin on each and every story. S: I’ve always written full scripts for nearly all of my work except for my time on RUSE at Crossgen. R: Now, returning to comic books, can you tell us what's your process for writing a comic book script?
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