How to establish a narrative franchise property of books that breaks boundaries?

[Jason Latnar]

How to establish a narrative franchise property of books that breaks boundaries?

I want to write something that is like the MCU – lots of stuff same universe & same franchise. How to do that?

[Matthew Brown]

Have you been reading my Google history?

I have been researching this very topic. I’d love to leverage the power of an ever-expanding franchise to sell more and more books. In a few bullet points, this is what I have learned so far:

• The prefered term is transmedia.
• Transmedia storytelling is pretty much like writing a long-running series but in more media.
• Like a good series, each instalment must be a self-contained adventure that is itself satisfying.
• The wider story should look at the journey of the community or culture (as opposed to the heroes journey)
• Each story should be about an individual and should probably end with hope
• No book or film should exist to set up another book or film.
• Most film studios get it wrong.

There, that is everything I have learned in to-cut-a-story-short format.

[Christian Writer]

Would this work for non-fiction too?

[Matthew Brown]

Would this work for non-fiction too?

That’s a really good question. I see no reason why it should not work.

[jeffjohns]

Transmedia is my new word of the day.

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