On The Page ~ episode 22 Writing Web Series – Guest Mike Maden

“It’s this really fascinating puzzle. If you have about 3 minutes to tell a story, but the story can’t just be 3 minutes long. You’ve got to take it as far as you want: 3, 60, 90 minutes, 120? Of course people like to go on forever. Obviously. So how do you structure something that is both infinite and finite, that is long form, but happens in short pieces?

“What’s a season on the web?”

Pink caught people’s attention, because you can watch only so many dogs on a skateboard and there was no “broadcast” quality entertainment out there.

The Internet had 2 effects: 1. producing films has become cheap, 2. distributing films has become free.

“What the web cries out for is not more stuff but better stuff.”

“Write now, write fast, get it produced, get it out there and people will come to you. Period.”

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About the author

Woitek Konzal

Producer, Consultant, Lecturer & Researcher. I love working where technology meets media in novel ways. Once, I even won an Emmy for digital innovation doing that. Be it for a small but exciting campaign about underground electronic music collectives or for a monster project combining two movies, various 360° videos, 72 ARG-like mini puzzles, and a Unity game, all wrapped up in one cross-platform app – I have proven my ability to adapt to what is required. This passion for novel technologies has regularly allowed me to cross paths with tech startups – an industry and philosophy I am all set to engage with more. I intensely enjoy balancing out my practical work with academic research, teaching, and consulting. Also, I have a PhD in Creative Industries, a M.Sc. in Business Administration, and love to kitesurf.

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