Today’s technology provides innumerable new resources for hopeful writers, and one of the most powerful learning hubs is found in online video. When used appropriately, services like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, and the countless other online video hubs provide some of the most powerful, thorough, and affordable learning centers for up-and-coming creative writers.
Are you finding that difficult to swallow whole? Consider this: Through sites like Netflix, we get a sense of the broad story arcs through “binge watching” opportunities, are able to filter for higher-quality content, browse in an environment that promotes experimentation, and access a discovery engine that helps introduce us to new work.
So, let’s say you’re a pen-and-paper traditionalist with no desire to write TV scripts. Well, here’s a thought: Joss Whedon is better than you. That cross-medium madman has penned movie scripts, TV shows, comic books, web videos—you name it. Neil Gaiman has written books, graphic novels, movie scripts, and even an episode of Doctor Who. Ray Bradbury wrote books and film adaptations. Point being, today’s writers are breaking the boundaries of single-medium work, and the same skills that apply in one arena can apply in all other areas of the writing craft.
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