Nov 25
This week on Creative Voice we have Paul Burke, a great chap from the UK that’s been in the transmedia space at least as long as I have, working on several projects including personal ones, and interested in figuring this all out as much as the rest of us! I finally had the chance to …
Nov 24
One For Them, One for Us Back at StoryWorld, Brian Clark mentioned a business tactic that inspired a lot of us from Vancouver, and that was “one for them, one for us.” Do the projects for clients in order to make money, then use that money to help fund your own projects, to do the …
Nov 23
Yesterday, Transmedia Vancouver hosted Brian Clark of GMD Studios as our guest speaker. Though piped in via a Skype connection with unsteady audio, Brian’s hour with us was chock full of great insights. Especially due to the fact that not everyone caught everything Brian said, my summary of the conversation here is going to attempt …
Nov 18
This week on Creative Voice, I got to talk to the awesome JC Hutchins. JC built his career as a freelance transmedia writer from the ground up, podcasting his first novel, 7TH SON, and opening it up to collaboration, and then moving on to working with Jordan Weisman on PERSONAL EFFECTS: DARK ARTS, and many …
Nov 16
A few articles have come across my attention this week, so I thought I’d just share a few thoughts today. Brian Clark on Transmedia Business Models Likely you’ve already seen this if you follow the transmedia circles, but over on Henry Jenkins’ blog, Brian Clark does a great job of examining the business side of …
Nov 08
One week ago, I launched a writing project called Azrael’s Stop. Far from traditional writing, it’s an experiment in unorthodox narrative, serial fiction, and transmedia storytelling theory. It’s live now at azraelsstop.com The Structure Azrael’s Stop is an experimental transmedia story, telling a serial narrative over the course of a year through daily installments of …
Nov 04
So I have to admit I kind of have a creator’s crush on Andrea Phillips. Transmedia writer and game designer extraordinaire, Andrea has worked on projects ranging from Perplex City to America 2049 to the Maester’s Path to Floating City. She’s currently working on an independant project called Balance of Powers with David Varela, Adrian …
Oct 28
This morning we have a guest post over at Andrea Phillips’ blog, Deus Ex Machinatio. It’s once again looking at Azrael’s Stop and breaking it down and building it up again — this time specifically from the perspective of writing it and the structure I chose. An excerpt: A big piece of that was in …
Oct 24
This week we have a guest post over at the blog of transmedia viking Simon Staffans, all about lessons learned from Azrael’s Stop and our impending re-launch (next week!). An excerpt: The promise of using social media as a way to distribute or promote content is the potential for it to go viral and reach …
Aug 24
When it comes to creating transmedia stories, there’s been a lot of buzz and offered advice out there (as there tends to be with any new opportunity; we’re all social media consultants, aren’t we?), and a lot of it tries to lay out some general patterns and ideas. Build a rich storyworld that goes beyond …
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