Writing for Interactive Media: The Complete Guide - Hardcover

Samsel, Jon; Wimberley, Darryl

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9781581150056: Writing for Interactive Media: The Complete Guide

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1581150059 ISBN 13: 9781581150056

Publisher: Allworth Pr, 1998

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Writing for Interactive Media is a comprehensive how-to guide that demystifies the complex process of interactive writing. Authors Samsel and Wimberley examine the constantly-evolving arena of interactive storytelling, exploring the entire gamut of multimedia activity from Internet soap operas to educational kiosks to ongoing experiments which take gaming narratives from the living room to players across the globe.

The book teaches everything writers need to know about the emerging craft of interactive writing from character and story issues to compensation. The authors reveal how to create design proposals, interactive screenplays, and flow modules that will meet the rigid standards of industry professionals. Full of innovative techniques tailored for the interactive environment, this is an indispensable tool for writers seeking to expand their markets and venture into the realm of interactive media.

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About the Author:

Jon Samsel currently teaches a course in writing for interactive multimedia at the UC Irvine Digital Arts Program. A frequent lecturer at industry seminars and events, he is the writer and producer of The Killer Content Workbook for Apple Computer, Inc. and co-author of How to Write Books That Sell. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Review:

An indispensable reference that paradoxically helps writers focus and expand the creative process. A rare book and touchstone for brainstorming -- Larry Kay, President, Toonsmiths

Interactive writing is a whole new ball game when it comes to production. Even though I don't consider myself a writer, I found the book to be extremely helpful in kicking off our multimedia department. I learned to create a design document that helped to sell the interactive training idea to my company and now we've been producing Cds for the last two years -- Brigette Callahan, Creative Director, Amiable Technologies, Inc.

Samsel and Wimberley immersed themselves in a humbling, often hallucinatory creative process and have managed to extract a series of lucid guidelines that will help anyone about to take the plunge -- Michael Kaplan, Creator, Paul Is Dead

Samsel and Wimberley understand interactive multimedia project development better than anybody I know. In this fascinating book, they make a complex subject simple and easy to understand, and provide practical advice on writing and design that can be applied to real projects -- Kenneth Lee, President and CEO, Objective Reality, Inc.

Samsel and Wimberley's Writing for Interactive Media is an essential source book for anyone interested in writing for interactive media. It's the real lowdown from pros who know -- Chaz Austin, President, Austin Digital Media Consulting

The definitive book that merges story with technology. Mandatory for creative writers to understand the mechanisms of digital media and essential for technologists to understand the applications of storytelling -- Lynn Isenberg, Producer, I Love You to Death and Youngblood

This book gives writers all the tools they'll ever need to create tomorrow's stories today -- Douglas Gayeton, writer/director, Sony Imagesoft game, Johnny Mnemonic

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