Writing the Manga

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Dancre

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I'm a writer wanting to change to Mangas. I have a few questions and I'm hoping you all can help me. I talked to a writer on the Tokyo Pop BB who said I can submit my proposal in Novel form, but my question is how many words equal three manga novels? Is it 95,000 words equal three manga books? I tried to write in script style, but alas, the writer in me took over and the whole thing is in novel form. She said I don't need to include artistry, although it does help. Tokyo Pop has artists on staff who provide the illustrations if my novels are selected. Thank you all for your help.

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Dunno about word count, but GANBATTE KUDASAI!


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I've gone from writing novels to mangas, and one manga volume (200pages) can fit about a novella worth of story, so an 80k novel will be at least 3 manga volumes.
 
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This is an old thread, but I'm bumping.

TOKOYOPOP is not the only Manga publisher on the block. I actually have started working for Seven Seas Entertainment, doing English Adaptations of their upcoming Light Novel line, stuff licensed from Japan. (I don't work FOR them, but I freelance)

I'm not into Manga, but these LN's are pretty cool.

Anyway, the site is www.gomanga.com and they have a submissions page.

Just another market you might look into. The people I've dealt with there are very nice.
 
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Holy cow!

Thanks for this thread! Manga drawing/writing has always been my first love, but when that didn't work out (bad luck), I turned to writing. This just gave me a little more hope! Thanks!

Do these markets accept international artists/writers?
 
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