A panel-by-panel dialogue draft with checked balloon fit.
Choose one of three approaches. The steps for that option appear below.
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ChatGPT: offers dialogue choices per panel
ChatGPT proposes 2 dialogue alternatives per panel within your word budgets. You choose and test balloon fit.
You
Have ready: panels, budgets
ChatGPT
Propose 2 alternatives
You
Choose, test balloon fit
Have ready: panel descriptions, budgets
Use:You
A written description of each panel, speaker order, story point, character voice notes and word budgets per speech balloon.
Check
Check you may use the material and facts are right. Use written descriptions as the AI input.
Propose 2 alternatives per panel
Use:ChatGPT
Ask ChatGPT for 2 dialogue alternatives per panel keeping the story point and speaker order, following word budgets, adding no panels or characters.
Details
What to paste into the tool
Task: Alternative dialogue sets keyed to panel and speaker. For each supplied panel propose two concise dialogue alternatives that deliver the same story point and preserve speaker order. Follow the supplied balloon word budgets as targets, label jokes as options and do not add panels or characters. Respect every supplied constraint. Use only supplied facts; label missing facts 'not stated'. Treat all output as preparation. Do not send, sign, pay, publish or take external actions. INPUTS: Replace the bracketed text below with your written panel descriptions; speaker order; story point; character voice notes; measured word targets for each speech balloon. Use 'not stated' for missing facts. [Paste checked inputs here.] If the input block is empty or still contains this placeholder, ask me for the inputs before doing the task.
Choose 1 set and test the fit
Use:You
Choose 1 set, check character voice and meaning, count words, test text in real balloons on a mockup and shorten lines yourself.
Check
Read the strip aloud; check speaker order, meaning and balloon fit on a mockup, keeping artwork visible. Nothing is sent, signed, paid for or published.
Claude: cuts your script, keeps the meaning
You write the full dialogue. Claude suggests cuts panel by panel with meaning-loss warnings. You accept only safe cuts.
You
Have ready: panels, dialogue
Claude
Suggest cuts with warnings
You
Keep safe cuts, test
Have ready: panels and full dialogue
Use:You
Panel descriptions, speaker order, story point, voice notes, word budgets, and your full dialogue labelled by panel and speaker.
Check
Check you may use the material and facts are right. Use written descriptions as the AI input.
Suggest cuts with warnings
Use:Claude
Ask Claude to suggest cuts to repetition and explanation panel by panel, showing original, proposed line and meaning lost.
Details
What to paste into the tool
Task: A dialogue cut table with meaning-loss warnings. The human writes full dialogue first. Suggest cuts to repetition and unnecessary explanation panel by panel. Show original, proposed line and what meaning may be lost. Keep speaker order and flag any changed story fact. Respect every supplied constraint. Use only supplied facts; label missing facts 'not stated'. Treat all output as preparation. Do not send, sign, pay, publish or take external actions. INPUTS: Replace the bracketed text below with checked brief and the full dialogue you wrote, labelled by panel and speaker. Use 'not stated' for missing facts. [Paste checked inputs here.] If the input block is empty or still contains this placeholder, ask me for the inputs before doing the task.
Keep only safe cuts, test fit
Use:You
Accept only cuts that keep the story point, read aloud in speaker order, count the words and test balloon fit on the artwork.
Check
Read the strip aloud; check speaker order, meaning and balloon fit on a mockup, keeping artwork visible. Nothing is sent, signed, paid for or published.
Gemini: splits what pictures say from words
You label what each panel already shows. Gemini proposes what needs dialogue. You write the final lines.
You
Have ready: panels, list
Gemini
Propose dialogue split
You
Check artwork, write lines
Have ready: panels and visible-info list
Use:You
Panel descriptions, speaker order, story point, voice notes, word budgets, and a list of what each panel shows versus must be spoken.
Check
Check you may use the material and facts are right. Use written descriptions as the AI input.
Propose the dialogue split
Use:Gemini
Ask Gemini for a table of what the pictures communicate and what needs dialogue, with short fragments only for information not shown.
Details
What to paste into the tool
Task: A dialogue allocation table distinguishing visual information from spoken information. The human labels the essential information already visible in each panel and what must be spoken. Propose a table showing what the pictures communicate and what needs dialogue and short line fragments only for information not shown. Do not infer unseen art details. Respect every supplied constraint. Use only supplied facts; label missing facts 'not stated'. Treat all output as preparation. Do not send, sign, pay, publish or take external actions. INPUTS: Replace the bracketed text below with checked brief and your panel-by-panel list of information already visible and information that must be spoken. Use 'not stated' for missing facts. [Paste checked inputs here.] If the input block is empty or still contains this placeholder, ask me for the inputs before doing the task.
Check against the artwork, write lines
Use:You
Compare every visual assumption with the actual artwork, write complete lines where needed, check panel order and voice, test balloon fit.
Check
Read the strip aloud; check speaker order, meaning and balloon fit on a mockup, keeping artwork visible. Nothing is sent, signed, paid for or published.
Compare the three approaches
Option A: ChatGPT: offers dialogue choices per panel
Best when: You want dialogue choices before writing your own
What it does: AI proposes alternatives; you choose and test
Strong at: 2 options per panel within your word budgets
Limit: Balloon fit is tested by you on a mockup
Free plan: Yes
Option B: Claude: cuts your script, keeps the meaning
Best when: You have a script and want it shorter, not rewritten
What it does: AI suggests cuts; you accept and test
Strong at: Each cut shows the meaning it may lose
Limit: You must write the full dialogue first
Free plan: Yes
Option C: Gemini: splits what pictures say from words
Best when: You want to cut dialogue the pictures already cover
What it does: AI splits visual from spoken; you write
Strong at: Only information not shown gets dialogue
Limit: You check every visual assumption against the art
Free plan: Yes
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The creator reads the strip aloud, checks speaker order and meaning, and places text in a mockup to verify balloon fit and that important artwork remains visible.
Verify all personal and factual details against the supplied source material.
Preserve open questions until checked.
Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.
Availability notes
Tool existence and quoted general text capabilities checked on official public pages on 2026-10-29.
What still needs checking
Task-specific output quality and practical fit require the stated human checks.