I can’t remember when or why I started following the blogging and tweeting of Chuck Wendig, but I have not regretted it once. His profanity-laced musings (check out his blog, terribleminds), writer’s advice (buy his awesome e-books of hilarious writing advice here), and the fiction he writes (buy Shotgun Gravy right now — seriously —… Continue reading »
Nov
18
Creative Voice: JC Hutchins
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… Continue reading »
Oct
26
An Experiment in Serial Fiction and Self-Publication
Today, our article on Azrael’s Stop from the self-publishing perspective has been featured on the Self-Publishing Review. An excerpt: They say, “build it and they will come.” Well whoever “they” are, are wrong. (“They” are of course the film Field of Dreams, and they were right, but that’s beside the point.) This is something I’m… Continue reading »
Sep
26
The Pervasive Presence of Richard Castle
I’ve been a fan of the show Castle since near the end of the first season, when I started watching. Mostly because it’s Nathan Fillion and the role is perfect for him — plus, he plays a writer, and that’s pretty cool. It’s a fun show, all told. So I was certainly interested when they… Continue reading »
Aug
08
A Business Proposition
I look at the transmedia storytelling industry today, and I generally see two things: big companies like Starlight Runner and 4th Wall, who gets lots of money from big entertainment properties to make transmedia projects, and indie creators wanting to make their own cool stories and often having to do so without much potential for… Continue reading »
Feb
17
A few reads
Though I’m far behind on my reading, a few articles have caught my eye this week. The Perfect Transmedia Pitch Always one to have smart things to say about the industry, Simon Pulman talks about how to pitch a transmedia project to potential investors, partners, collaborators, and clients. Having gone through the proposal-writing process myself,… Continue reading »
Jan
28
The Hunger Games transmedia potential
I wrote two articles this week at Words and Things about The Hunger Games trilogy, what I did and didn’t like, things we can learn from a writing perspective, etc. I’ve heard brief discussion about the potential of turning the Hunger Games into a transmedia property, and I thought I’d make a couple notes on… Continue reading »
Oct
22
Reimagining Realms of Fantasy
This week, I watched The Social Network, and besides loving it as a film (Aaron Sorkin is my god) it fired up the entrepreneur in me. I started thinking about all the things I’d love to do if I could, especially when it came to transmedia projects. (And I started thinking about the people I’d… Continue reading »
Jun
21
Digital, serial, communal: books?
(Originally posted on Words and Things as The Return of the Serialized Novel. An early look at the way books can become transmedia properties. 14/10/10) When Charles Dickens wrote many of his novels, they were written as serials — each week or month, a chapter of his novel would appear in a magazine, such that… Continue reading »
May
24
Bonus Features: the potential of transmedia writing
(Originally posted on Words and Things. Some of my first thoughts about the potential of transmedia, especially with regards to the publishing industry. Publishers are starting to move in this direction, but the writing of the book still comes first. 14/10/10) The publishing world is increasingly looking at the possibilities of digital media. Besides the… Continue reading »
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