CAPTAIN CARDBOARD Story Hacking Worksheet

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# YOUR TITLE:

_______________________________

# Bruce Boh's new ______________________ project is harming

_________________________ (a person or community) because

_______________________ (socially or environmentally

irresponsible). [PANEL 2 ** pls note]

# Captain Cardboard is __________________ (enjoying

something) when he is rudely interrupted by

_______________________ (how does he find out about Bruce

Boh's activities?). [PANEL 1 ** pls note]

# Captain Cardboard takes action by __________________

but makes things worse because __________________

_____________ (an unexpected outcome). [PANEL 3]

# Bruce Boh responds by ___________________ (acting even

more aggressively and irresponsibly). [PANEL 4]

# Captain Cardboard saves the person/community by

__________________ (a satisfying creative or collaborative

breakthrough). [PANEL 5]

CAPTAIN CARDBOARD Story Hacking Worksheet

StoryCode Singapore www.meetup.com/StoryCode-Singapore Super Cool Books www.SuperCoolBooks.com

COMIC FORMAT

. title + 5 panels

. each panel: graphic + captions + dialogue

challenge: what is the simplest, most interesting way to convey the

story information?

. play with narrative options: straightforward story, news report,

personal diary, witness account, etc

. social media publishing: post panel by panel, or as complete strip

(collage, see sample below)

. Sample:

. use tags: #storycodeSg # CaptainCardboard #{title of your strip}

#{panel number} #{names of others in your group}, etc

. or use this for planning layout: http://stripgenerator.com