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I thought I'd explain how I go about writing a script. My method is not efficient in the slightest: I'm doing it with a little hope someone could suggest better ways to go about it. I'll be using Ken's birthday comic as an example; it's still full of my brain-dump I usually delete as I write.

I don't have a solid plan for a story 99% of the time. Usually it's a single visual, or a concept I want to work with. This time, I wanted to write about Ken on the first birthday he wouldn't spend it with Ryu.

Then it comes down to sitting down and keyboard-smashing the scene, which leads to another scene, and so on.

(By the way, you obviously don't have to read my linked samples but you can see by the length or the first couple of sentences where I was going.)

(Brain Dump) The story first went a different way at first, it was more RyuKen-centric. I wanted Ken to know Ryu was still there for him for the first birthday they were apart. I still wish I could have done something like that, but I wasn't happy with how unfocused it was and how long I knew it would be. There was a lot of talking heads too, I hate that. So I thought I'd move stuff around, try the flashback at first. Then it snowballed from there, and I was overall happy with how it went. It became more Eliza-centric but I was fine with that. (I ship a married man with his best friend, he's greedy for love.)

I'm fond of the callback trope in stories. I probably do it too much when it works much better in longer stories. But I still liked the idea that Ken saw a bit of Ryu's empathy in Eliza at the end. She understood him just as quick as Ryu did the first year they started training. That's one of the many reasons he fell in love With Eliza.

Sample scripts! Once my theme felt more solid, I write out the "script." At first it's not separated by pages, as seen in the first script. I just write the whole thing out. Then I'll put page cuts where I want them to be, in this case, every scene change.

My only regret is I think the ending is a bit weak. You can compare the ending of the script to what I changed in the comic. (It went from "Happy Birthday, Ken." to "And I want to know all about you, Mr. Masters.") I wanted Eliza to be cool and show she's there for him. I wish I could have pushed that idea more in her final line. But it happens with these very short stories for me. I either can plan a strong ending or a weak one.