• Homes with a blue prints
• Workplace blue prints
• Well defined workplace jobs
• Blue prints for several common haunts
• A rough map
• A solid idea of how each of them gets where they're going
• A rough plan of where each character is heading

Denver Comic Con 2014 panel notes

Indie Comics of Colorado

• If you want to meet other artists, get involved in the local community, in Denver there are things like "Drink and Draw".
• Output a pdf/e-reader version of your work. It's easy, and it allows people to read it offline. If you want to sell it, ComiXology makes it very simple to do that.
• Conventions in different parts of the country have very different feels, for example, conventions on the east coast tend to want originals, and they often don't want to talk to the artist. Conventions in the midwest then to be more social, and people want tot talk to the artist. Since the conventions are different, do you research before getting a booth at one, aka ask an artist that's attended a previous year, or go as an attendee and talk to the artists and see what's selling for them.
• How do you build an audience?
  • Give your readers a means of input, give them a voice.
  • Know the audience you want, and know how much of your personal life you want to/are willing to share with them.
  • Make two brands, one for your comic, and one for yourself.
  • Make something you'd want to read
• How do you print a comic?
  • Printing a comic is a big commitment, but there are some short run companies out there, like Ka-Blam and Comix Well Spring
  • Another option would be to find a local printer, many of them have competitive prices, and you don't have to pay for shipping.
  • Lastly, if you're just testing the waters, then get a laser printer and print out a simple comic.
• How do you handle marketing?
  • Put your work up digitally in more than one place
    • Your own site
    • ComiXology
    • Tumblr
    • Twitter
    • deviantART
    • Facebook
    • Etc. The more places it exists, the more likely it is to be seen by someone who will like it.
  • Do guest comics on other people's sites. Ask sites you like if you can do a guest comic for them.
  • Donate art to community outreach kind of things, like Aurora Rise
  • Do fan art for comics you like and send them to the sites of those comics, or for larger company characters, post your fan art on places like deviantART.
  • Collaborate with other artists and writers
  • Take advantage of any and all opportunities, you never know where work might lead.
• Put (c), your name, and your site on all of you work. There's nothing more tragic than seeing something go viral, and no one gets credit for the work.
• Trademark your brand, don't file for a copyright on each comic.