This is an updated version of my diagram on story structure. I’ve pulled together information on story structure from a number of different sources to identify aspects of story structure that are common to many of them. This chart includes information on story structure from Aristotle’s three-act structure, Freytag’s five-actContinue Reading
Understanding the changes happening in the news industry can provide valuable insights into trends that are likely to impact fiction and non-fiction transmedia storytelling. A recent report from the Pew Research Center provides new information on what is happening with digital video and digital video news in the United States.Continue Reading
Although it is not transmedia, a recent TED talk is a great example of how storytelling can be used to communicate a highly technical subject. Hugh Herr, the head of MIT Media Lab’s Biomechatronics group, talks about the incredibly complex technology that he is working with. What makes this presentation standContinue Reading
The emergence of transmedia storytelling presents a tremendous opportunity to those working professionally to shape visions of the future. Shaping the future means shaping popular perceptions of the future and transmedia storytelling can be a powerful tool for doing that. Over the past two decades I’ve used a lot of differentContinue Reading
Last fall I wrote an article that combines two fields that I am deeply interested in — transmedia storytelling and futures studies. It is scheduled for publication in the Journal of Futures Studies in March. This abstract lays out the basic premise of the article. Foresight professionals and the futuresContinue Reading
I’ve signed on to take a new free MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) called The Future of Storytelling. My interest in this MOOC is two-fold: It covers storytelling, including an upcoming module on transmedia storytelling It is a MOOC — a truly massive one at that with an estimated 50,000Continue Reading