English 2045: Syllabus Graphic Novels. Teaching Graphic Novels. How to Plan the Panels for Your Graphic Novel—The Complete Idiot’s Quick Guide. One of the most important aspects of writing a graphic novel is planning out your panels—it’s the storyboard of your work.
Unless you’re writing Marvel style, you’ll need to break the contents of each page into panels. A panel is a tricky thing, full of possibilities and limitations. Mysteries of Harris Burdick. "An Introduction to the Graphic Novel" by Vicky Maloy. Troublemaker. Untitled.