ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction Writing for Online Series

chapter 2|27 pages

What’s Your Show About?

chapter |14 pages

Episodic Story Structure

chapter 4|12 pages

Dialogue

chapter 5|12 pages

Revising and Polishing

chapter 6|11 pages

Episode 2 and Beyond

chapter 7|14 pages

Format

chapter 8|12 pages

Copyright

chapter 9|16 pages

Production

chapter |20 pages

Reaching and Engaging Your Audience