THE MARRA METHOD: TRADITIONAL COMICS TECHNIQUES FOR VISUAL STORYTELLING | 10. WRITE PANEL CAPTIONS IN THE PRESENT TENSE AND IN THE ACTIVE VOICE

An on-going, evolving series collecting my thoughts on the craft of telling stories through comic books. These posts do not document rules; these are the ideas passing through my mind when I'm making comic books.

10. Write panel captions in the present tense and in the active voice 

• The reason being the action, the scene, the event, is happening as the reader reads it.