🔦 DEFINE PHASE
Bring Your Comic Promise Forward
Your task: reopen the promise from your comic and choose one action the audience can see. Keep the same hero and the same problem. You may make one clarity change, but you are not starting over.
⚡ Goal: reuse your comic 🧭 Clear purpose 🎯 Audience ready
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Reopen the Promise + Make It Visible
Copy the promise from your comic. Use the stem only if one clarity change will make it easier to understand:
People can count on [hero] to _____ when _____.
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Example 1
“People can count on Signal to guide lost people when phones stop working.”
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Example 2
“People can count on Harbor to warn neighbors before floodwater reaches the street.”
Promise refresher: it tells the audience what they can count on your hero to do. The animation will show one moment when the hero follows through. Word bank: protect • guide • repair • warn • connect • rescue
In Canvas, enter the promise from your comic and the visible action:
Promise: People can count on _____ to _____ when _____.
Visible action: The audience will see this when _____.
Visible action: The audience will see this when _____.
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Exit Check: Connect Promise to Action
Submit the promise and visible action before you start the Plot Diagram.
CHECKLIST
- ✅ The promise from your comic
- ✅ One visible action that proves it
- ✅ Your name and your hero’s name
Check: same hero, same problem, and no more than one clarity change.
The audience will see the promise when _____.
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