Description
Online media is and will continue to be at the forefront of entertainment; this book introduces readers to this new world and helps them create good content for it. It is a compact, practical guide for those who want to explore scriptwriting for the digital age while also learning essential skills and techniques central to new media writing.
Scriptwriting 2.0 contains advice on writing both short- and long-form webisodes as part of a series, as well as standalone pieces. It then goes beyond the writing process to discuss revising, production, promotion and copyright. It is written in a friendly, readable and jargon-free style and includes real-world examples from successful series and a sample script. Readers can access full episodes of the two series discussed at length as well as samples from several other web series.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction: Writing for Online Series
2 What's Your Show About?
3 Episodic Story Structure
4 Dialogue
5 Revising and Polishing
6 Episode 2 and Beyond
7 Format
8 Copyright
9 Production
10 Reaching and Engaging Your Audience
Appendix: Sample Script
Index
