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Indie Video Makers – Have You Discovered ‘New Form?’

New Form is a digital studio/production company that modestly says about itself that it “creates entertainment for the digital generation. We develop, produce and distribute original scripted series created by some of the best storytellers from around the world for an online audience.”

And, yes, New Form does in fact do that. But the way it does, oh, man, that’s something else. See, they give new creators money, but instead of taking over the creative process as a result, New Form actually sits back and ever-so-gracefully enhances it. read article

The Effect of New Media Streaming on TV Writers & Viewers Alike

The more things change, the more things – oh hell’s bells! – change!

by Alice Williams

With 86 million users across multiple countries and roughly $2.2 billion in generated revenue in Q3 2016, Netflix is the shining star of media-streaming startups. But it wasn’t always such a powerhouse. read article

So You Want to Make a Web Series – Step 1

Writing it
by Bri Castellini

Congratulations! You’ve decided to enter the exciting and stressful world of independent web series! It’s not going to be easy, but it will almost certainly be worth it.

Naturally, the first step in creating a web series is writing the script. Maybe you already have an idea, or maybe you have a longer-form script you want to adapt. Maybe you aren’t sure but just really like the idea of spamming your friends and family with week after week of YouTube links. In any case, let’s talk development, and what you need to remember when making the plunge. read article

Cartoon: ‘Day Planner’

Grant Snider keeps touching our hearts. Witnesseth:

TVWriter™ admits it. We love Grant Snider and his Incidental Comics site.
And we’re absolutely certain you will too!

Peggy Bechko’s World of Story

Ooh, the wonders of Panda clipart

by Peggy Bechko

Do you think about story? Do you write every day? Have you devoured every book on how to write scripts, novels, whatever, that comes out?

Well, this is going to be a very opinionated (mine) piece on storytelling, how it’s done and what it does to people. Don’t panic, it’s going to be fairly short.

Now, I can’t tell you how many people tell me, oh, I write by the seat of my pants. I don’t need to outline, research or any of that stuff, I just sit down and write. read article