If I were in my 20s, or even 30s, a creative writer, there are two new ways of storytelling that invite development and the opportunity to get in on something potentially big on the ground floor: 1. developing novellas based on the vertical writing aesthetics of the screenplay, for easier reading on electronic devices; and 2. developing a permanent theater home for hyperdrama, creating a season and growing an audience. Neither of these forms is totally new. Each already has established significant audience interest. But each demands more development to become established as a new storytelling form.
I did an experiment, which I called Stories In Overdrive, to test the former, and the experiment was a success. There indeed is an audience for short, sparsely written stories, longer than a short story, shorter than a novel, screenplay length, a novella. Perfect length to read on an airplane flight, for example. The idea is so good that pop giant Jame Patterson has entered the arena with "BookShots." There's still much more for more writers and new marketing ideas. This is a natural for a screenwriter with piles of scripts that never reached the screen/ A new market awaits your stories.
The second opportunity requires more work. Hyperdrama has a proven audience but the problem is that to date productions have been "events" rather than plays of a season in a permanent home. I suggested one design for a hyperdrama theater in my video about the nuts and bolts of the form. I'm sure there are others. But I am convinced, and have been for a long time, that this is an extraordinary form of theater that audiences will flock to if given the opportunity. This is theater for a quantum universe. Unfortunately I haven't found "a disciple" who agrees with me but one day a young theater artist will see the potential here and run with it. Traditional theater is just a special case of hyperdrama, and the new form demands development and expansion -- and most of all, respect. A Hyperdrama Theater Company will be the wave of the future. (He said for the 100th time.)
Are any ambitious young creative writers out there, who are more interested in developing art than trying to get rich in pop culture? Two big opportunities await you.
I did an experiment, which I called Stories In Overdrive, to test the former, and the experiment was a success. There indeed is an audience for short, sparsely written stories, longer than a short story, shorter than a novel, screenplay length, a novella. Perfect length to read on an airplane flight, for example. The idea is so good that pop giant Jame Patterson has entered the arena with "BookShots." There's still much more for more writers and new marketing ideas. This is a natural for a screenwriter with piles of scripts that never reached the screen/ A new market awaits your stories.
The second opportunity requires more work. Hyperdrama has a proven audience but the problem is that to date productions have been "events" rather than plays of a season in a permanent home. I suggested one design for a hyperdrama theater in my video about the nuts and bolts of the form. I'm sure there are others. But I am convinced, and have been for a long time, that this is an extraordinary form of theater that audiences will flock to if given the opportunity. This is theater for a quantum universe. Unfortunately I haven't found "a disciple" who agrees with me but one day a young theater artist will see the potential here and run with it. Traditional theater is just a special case of hyperdrama, and the new form demands development and expansion -- and most of all, respect. A Hyperdrama Theater Company will be the wave of the future. (He said for the 100th time.)
Are any ambitious young creative writers out there, who are more interested in developing art than trying to get rich in pop culture? Two big opportunities await you.
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