The Writer's Advantage by Scheer, Laurie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDG-MENTS FOREWORD by Christopher Vogler HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

THE BOOK’S REASON FOR BEING WHAT THIS BOOK CAN DO FOR YOU BEING A FANBOY VS. BEING A FAN OF MEDIA UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TOOLKIT SANDBOX TO BEGIN

SECTION ONE KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE

CHAPTER 1 A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO MASS AND NOT-SO-MASS MEDIA

MEDIA CONSUMPTION MOVIES TELEVISION UNFRAGMENTED AUDIENCES LIMITED AMOUNT OF TEXTS THE CABLE REVOLUTION FRAGMENTED VIEWERSHIP WEB CHANNELS SO MANY OPTIONS, SO LITTLE TIME A MENTION ABOUT THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY CONTENT IS KING

CHAPTER 2 FRAGMEN-TATION

WE’RE NOT GETTING THE WHOLE PICTURE ANY LONGER WAS IT AN EVOLUTION OF DANCE, OR RATHER A CONFUSION OF DANCE? REFERENCES ARE COMPLETELY OFF MASHED UP GENERATIONAL GAP SOME BRIEF NOTES ABOUT EACH GENERATION SO THERE YOU HAVE IT

CHAPTER 3 TRANSMEDIA

PUBLISHING IN A TRANSMEDIA WORLD MOVIE TRANSITION IN A TRANSMEDIA WORLD TV AND THE TRANSMEDIA WORLD TELEVISION’S THIRD GOLDEN AGE TALK OF THE TOWN TRANSMEDIA SUMMARY

CHAPTER 4 WITH SO MANY OPTIONS, WHAT’S A 21ST CENTURY WRITER TO DO?

THREE QUESTIONS THE NOW FACTOR WHO CARES, WHO REALLY CARES? A “BABY AT 43” PITCH AUTHENTIC IDEAS WHAT WE NEED WONDERMENT WHAT WE DON’T NEED NAIVE OR JUST PLAIN STUPID? “STORMY WEATHER” PITCHES

Section 2 ArmingYourself

Chapter 5 The Genre Toolkit List

What’s Your Genre? Genres More About Development Departments The Cream Rises to the Top Why You? Lack Of Confidence Know It, Own It, Make the Genre Better

CHAPTER 6 IDENTIFY YOUR GENRE’S QUINTES-S-ENTIAL TEXT

36 PLOTS THE QUINTESSENTIAL TEXT HOW TO FIND THE QUINTESSENTIAL TEXT AN ABUNDANCE OF GENERATIONAL, ETHNIC, AND SUBJECTIVE DIFFERENCES ROOM FOR DEBATE GAME CHANGERS SIFTING AND WINNOWING

CHAPTER 7 IDENTIFY THE TRAITS OF YOUR GENRE AND HOW THEY RELATE TO YOUR STORY

HOW TO IDENTIFY TRAITS TRAITS THAT MORPH BETWEEN GENRES CHARACTERS HAVE TRAITS TOO “GOOD” TRAITS AND “BAD” TRAITS “GOOD” TRAITS — THE SCREAM FRANCHISE A FAN OF MAD-SLASHER MOVIES WHAT KEVIN WILLIAMSON DID “BAD” TRAITS — THE CABIN IN THE WOODS EXAMPLE

CHAPTER 8 IDENTIFY THE MASS PRODUCTION HISTORY OF YOUR GENRE

RUN THE HISTORY HYBRID GENRES MANUSCRIPTS VS. SCRIPTS

CHAPTER 9 ANALYZE AUDIENCE REACTION — MASS OR CULT?

MAINSTREAM OR CULT AND SPEAKING OF LISTS

CHAPTER 10 TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF YOUR GENRE

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING SPOTTING TRENDS COPYING GENRE TRAITS TWO WAYS TO GO

CHAPTER 11 CHECK-LISTING YOUR AUTHENTIC MATERIAL

SECTION THREE GETTING YOUR WORK OUT INTO THE WORLD

CHAPTER 12 DEFENDING YOUR WORK

SOME BASIC QUESTIONS TO PONDER BECOMe YOUR OWN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SOME DEEPER QUESTIONS TO PONDER

CHAPTER 13 WHAT MASTERING YOUR GENRE CAN DO FOR YOU

LIKE-MINDED AWARENESS ALTERING PUT IT ON HOLD TOOLS YOU’LL NEED TO SELL YOUR AUTHENTIC TEXT(S) GOING OUT PITCH FESTS AND CONFERENCES MASTERING YOUR GENRE

CHAPTER 14 WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT?

PLAYERS VS. PIKERS DON’T BE A TEASE AUTHENTIC WRITING WHAT NOW? NO FEAR OF SUCCESS

A FEW LAST WORDS ABOUT THE AUTHOR