Joss Whedon discusses how the process of writing comics and movies differs in a very interesting interview with Marvel writer Brian Bendis:
Joss Whedon: "My writing process for comics is similar to my writing process for movies, although I tend to write comics chronologically, which I don't with movies or TV. I'll circle for a long time, for as long as I can without being late. Despite my reputation, I do care about that. [Laughs] And when it's time and I feel it, I'll start to free associate. I know the basic arc and I know where I'm heading, so I'll free associate. I have a dry erase board I'll write on a note pad, just to get ideas and then eventually, I'll number out the pages and start trying to place all the ideas I have and when it starts to really take shape, only then do I start writing."
"I don't write page one until I know exactly what page 15 is gonna be. And every now and then I'm wrong. Every now and then I go, 'Aw, I've expanded this or contracted that.' You know how that is. But it's weird. There's actually a very small amount of sitting down and typing because I've played out all the scenes so much and because I don't describe as much with Johnny as I used to. So it really doesn't take that long to physically write it at this point."
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"The story is more important than what you intend to do with it. And when it starts talking back to you, you listen!"
Yes, yes, yes, but who is he casting as the lead in Wonder Woman? It's driving us nuts.
