Portfolio

James “DragonMaster” Courneya
Manga Writer


Scripts that have been claimed by an artist and are in the works.


For this section I am providing brief pitches for some of my novel series. For adaptations, I am more then happy to discuss things in much more detail and provide any needed resources. But I would prefer to have a bit more direct line of communication.
Novel Adaptation Pitches:


(And as a note, I am fully happy to hand out full book series. However, depending on contract details, there can be legal complications with handing them out in a public forum. I hope you can understand).
Also let me know if you want pitches or access to more series beyond what's here.

Jump Stories
As mentioned. Battle Shounen is my main genre.
I do not want to at all imply that I don’t write tons of other things, but this is the primary focus. And apart of that for me is aiming to have a series published in Weekly Shounen Jump.
I am more then happy to work on many projects for any number of other serializations, but I would like to eventually have at least one series that makes it into Jump.
And so that is a somewhat consistent overarching goal for myself.
A lot of the stories I am working towards that goal with, are not necessarily in the portfolio and are more so things I am working on consistently in the background.
Building off of that note, all my main stories are also more so background stuff to be released at a later date.
Old Scripts:
These are scripts that are a few years old. From when I was still very much figuring out formatting and styles that work the best. Some of these stories I still think are good and worthwhile and just need a bit of redrafting and formatting. Others are more experimental test scripts.


Already Made Scripts
Scripts that have been made into projects already. Some of these are old and others were directly written in conversation with the artist, so they might not have all the details inside of them. And because I am open to artists changing things up, some small or even large things might be changed from the script to the manuscript.

I am a hyper passionate writer with a vast amount of writing experience. Well over 10,000 hours of practice. I have written for every genre; but my primary focus is Battle Shonen. Having started writing my first Battle Shonen well over a decade ago, and continuously working in the genre till this day.I strive for complete perfection, optimal efficiency, and am striving to be the best writer there is.
Major Public Works: Seventeen novels & six Manga.Minor Public Works: Hundreds of essays, along with a scrambling of work done in every medium, posted on and off the internet.Also three game scripts I'm not sure if I can leak yet or not.
One is about magnets. (Oh no, I said too much).

What I am looking for:For a One-shot:
Anyone. If I like your art style, and think you can complete the work needed, then I would be happy to work with you.For General Publication:
The most important thing is having someone I can work well with. Someone who has at least semi competent English skills. One also needs some amount of proof, that they can match the publication out put rate (whether that be weekly, monthly, ect). Some level of showing steady art progression over time. And overall skill level being in a similar range as the publicized story.For Major Publication / Long Term Work:
Someone whose main driving factor is improving, and someone who puts quality above all else. Obviously, we would have to work well together; but if the first category is met, then this one should be achievable as well. A need to demonstrate either an ability to meet a publication schedule, or ability to improve on times that you would eventually be able to.For Help/Feedback:
I am more then happy to provide help to any creators that want it. For both writing or art (and general creating). I can easily give both very general overview advice or exceedingly specified critiques –– and anything in-between depending on what is preferred.
Do not hesitate to ask for any type of help at any time.For Editorial Work:
I have taken an editor role for a couple different series. Both helping with development of the series throughout the creation process –– and serving as a quality filter, especially for paneling and shot composition for the art. Along with trying to help teach the creator(s) techniques that allow them to more easily create while also developing their owns skills for current and future ventures.
(With the goal of having progressively less feedback required as the project goes on).
Because of how much more intensive and time consuming it is compared to regular feedback, I cannot as readily offer my services in this regard. Everyone I have taken the role for were offered by me, for a project I was both sold on the story –– but importantly also the creative behind it.


-Production Info-
Writing A New Script:
I have practical experience writing in every genre, and want to have the end product be the best it can be. Meaning, I think it’s a good idea for me to familiarize myself with an artist’s strengths and weaknesses, in order to craft a story that compliments their own personal style.
Tailored Scripting:
I am more then happy to write a script to the specifications of the artist. The process of which generally goes something like this.
I ask for what they are interested in drawing, goals they have for the project and their art, favorite genres, and specific series they like.
Those I consider to be a good start, but all the more information the better. Characters and/or character designs they like or would want implemented. Mood boards. Specific notes on stuff that they would enjoy having in the script.
Really, the more information the better for the process.
Story Pitching:
I am willing to accept pitches. If you have a story concept and it seems like an interesting project, I might be on board with writing for it.
Adaptations:
I have many novel series, that all lend themselves to adaptation. Multiple Shonen battle series, a supernatural mystery, both Dark Fantasy and Adventure Fantasy, Sci-fi and Sci-Fantasy, just to name a few. For more information, look over the works themselves in the adaptations section; or message me for more info.
Discussions can be had on the style of adaptation it is. I am open to both a completely hands on, and also hands-off adaptation, along with anything in between. All depending on the artist and project in question.
Scripting Styles:
Low Detail Scripts
High Detail Scripts
Long Hand (Book Style)

Glossary:
Here is a link to a glossary of terms and a guide on how to read a script properly.



Publication Info:
For English or general publication there are a plethora of options available. Some would only require sending in a storyboard and pitch sheet. Others would take more direct work to accomplish.Japanese Publication:
There are currently two ways to go about getting published in any of the major Japanese magazine(s). One of which is winning a global contest, which has the reward of either being assigned an editor or getting published directly. This would require beating out the other hundreds-to-thousands of entries, primarily by having good enough art to catch the judges eyes in the first place.
The second way is sending a Japanese submission in to one of the magazines and being accepted by an editor. If this route is taken, I have been studying Japanese to the point where I can either provide the translations for the dialogue myself, or at least have an active roll in the translation process to make sure nothing is lost.
Either way, there is a route to get published, but both have there own complications. Although, that is par for the course of being an artist.