My new respect for comic writers.

As I re-read my last post in the glaring light of sobriety, I'm realizing that all of the great comic book writers deserve even more credit than I've given them.  As anyone who has studied writing can attest to, it's hard enough to take an idea and realize it into words, let alone break it up into a number of still image descriptions to guide an artist and interweave dialogue to fit in those images all to fit into a certain page count and layout. 
One of the hardest things I've had to overcome in my attempt at comic book writing is that there seems to be no standard way of working.  Every creator seems to have his or her own way of overcoming these hurtles.  Some, who are blessed enough to have artistic as well as literary talent, will thumbnail out the page to  get the images straight in their head, other's work almost in stream of consciousness prose, leaving the formatting and panel layouts completely to the editor or artist. 
For me, since I'm new to this, feel I have to get the story down in a stripped down prose fashion and format the script in revision.  This adds a little extra work but still allows me the room to be a 'discovery writer.'  If there's any comic writers out there reading this I'd love to hear your methods or advice. 

Writing vs. Being a Writer

It's horrifyingly come to my attention that I'm a whole lot better at being a writer than I am at actually writing.  I can espouse at length about plot arcs, dramatic vehicles, denouement, and even incremental perturbations.  I've spent countless hours and money in classes and am less than 12 months from a degree in creative writing, yet I am currently frozen with a combination of fear and uncertainty when confronted with a blank page or screen.  My best guess at this point is that everything I've had in mind to write up to this point is suffering from being Schroedingers Story.  Much like the cat in the famous experiment, as long as it stays in the box that is my mind, it is neither alive nor dead so to speak, that is, the potential to be a good or even acceptable story is still there.  However, when put down on the page, the harsh light of criticism is cast upon it and I have to admit to it's faults.  I'm told that every writer has this cross to bear, and I'm assuming this is part of the process.  So here I go, pushing through, putting words on the page, and hoping I don't kill the cat.