# Intro to scripts and comic layouts in Comic Life

Whilst Comic Life is primarily a photo comic production app it also has the capability to start with a script which is vital when you're working on a creative project and don't yet have the photos needed to complete it. Before you choose a template to get started, decide where you should begin:

- Script: Used to plan and write a comic story for you to layout at a later point. The script is where you think about the scenes and characters you need to tell your story, much like writing a script for a movie. Most comic book stories start with a script which is then used by the story artist to draw the artwork. Once the script is written you'll use it to guide the photoshoot to ensure you have all the content you need. Once you have your images you can then proceed to the comic layout and your script will be there to make it easy to complete the layout by simply dragging and dropping the comic text into your layout.
- Comic Layout: These are the final production templates where you layout your comic style page or pages. A great starting point when you already have the images you need to tell your story or make your memory. It's a canvas to which you can add captions, speech balloons, lettering to your images and arrange things however you like.

## See also

Create a document

Write a script