Now this looks like something worth contributing to:
Sherlock as a woman has wonderful possibilities. Find out more about this upcoming (we hope) series on Kickstarter!
Category: Web Series
Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #10
Entry 10 – From Cargo to Cargo 3120: The Rise of the Webcomic
by Aaron Walker Sr.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)
After three years of writing classes, universe building and rewrites both minor and major, we were making good progress. We worked on everything from character profiles, to an ongoing series bible. We were going all in on this one, because we felt that Cargo was a story worth telling.
We knew going in that getting a pilot picked up by a major network was a longshot, so we had to find another way to build an audience. So the decision was made to tell our TV series as a webcomic called Cargo 3120 (the number representing the year in which the story takes place). We planned to continue writing our episodes in the TV Script format, then convert those scripts in to comics. Simple, right? There was just one problem: none of us could draw!
Peer Production: RED SHIRTS is Back for Season 2
And it’s still got that special, um, something, especially for original STAR TREK fans. (And who isn’t?)
Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie #85
YouTube Creative Strategy
by Leesa Dean
What an intense few weeks! Between Thanksgiving, which is always kind of complex for me (I have no immediate family) and the overwhelmingly horrifying grand jury non-indictment in the Eric Garner case which just made my world stop (yes, I was one of those people in NYC who took to the streets in quiet protest) plus just…work/life, I’ve been pretty caught up. Actually spent part of the time ideating. Structuring the game plan for the Season Two Lele Show launch which is going to be dramatically different than it was last season. I’m prepping five solid months of episodes–over 40–half of them semi-serialized, so it’s a lot. While I don’t have a firm release date yet, I’m getting my ducks in row. So it was perfect timing to attend a YouTube workshop on creative promotion strategy.
It was my first time in the new facility and it’s really nice. It’s in Chelsea Market in NYC and if you’ve never been there, there are tons of places to eat, buy stuff. Kinda like high-ish end mall.
The room the workshop was in had seating for about 75-100 people. Super modern. You could see some of the shooting facilities beyond a door. Unfortunately, you have to have a certain amount of subscribers to use the shooting facilities there for free. I don’t have enough. Yet.
Peer Production: WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS
Ooh, a web series about new writers writing their new writers. Talk about entertaining–
No, wait, WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS really is entertaining. Especially if you’re a writer looking for an excuse to not do any writing by watching other writers write instead.
We TVWriter™ minions can’t be the only writers who feel that way…can we?