the war bringer

I wish that I had a gift for writing. I really do, it would make this so much easier. I've begun the very slow process of developing a graphic novel. [A comic book turned comic novel] Though the term 'comic' has always been a loose word, they adapted 'graphic' instead. I guess they felt it encompassed a wider variety of styles. The graphic novel is now considered appropriate reading material in schools whereas in the past, it was considered a joke. It's a full fledged book only the story is being told as the characters speak with the occasional descriptive side paragraph. Each page is images that help tell the story. This is, of course, my understanding of it all.

You have to be a writer in order to create a GN opposed to just having a general character structure [and that's it for the most part] for a comic book. A writer, which I am not, who has the creative genius to capture the reader's mind and heart. Most graphic novels have 2 or 3 participants in the creation process, one for the writing, one for the layout and one for the artistic aspect. Sometimes a few artists collaborate together for the artistic aspect.

My problem, err one of them, is that I create obsessions for myself. In this case, creating fictional humans, which has become my day and night. They have personalities, likes/dislikes, histories, memories, futures, aspirations, physical traits that are distinctive to their environment, etc. What have I gotten myself into?!

The title is "the War Bringer".