2. Fan Participation In Your Storyworld

02/07/22 • 54 min

Jeff and Alan discuss a bit of the creator economy, reinvigorating dusty but at one time successful franchises, and finding ways to embrace fans and fan-generated content in your story world. As with everything Cosmic Streetcorner, it all goes back to Dungeons & Dragons.

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1. The Cosmic Struggle

Jeff and Alan give an introduction and some framework for what's going on in the world today: the Cosmic Struggle. They also introduce the Collective Journey modality, an emerging model for storytelling. It doesn't replace Hero's Journey. Tune in to hear why. They then go into a bit of who's doing things well and who's doing things not so well in the entertainment biz

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3. Planning Your Storyworld for the Next 100 Years?

It's a cold day on the Cosmic Streetcorner, at least in the Northeast. Jeff and Alan warm up with some discussion on:

Disney's new CEO Bob Chapek announced a striking vision for the 2nd century of Disney — Jeff weighs in on what it all means
New narratives: streaming services, storyworlds, and metaverses
Architecture for Dialogue — successful storyworlds must include the audience

For further reading:

Bob Chapek’s Memo to Staff: Disney Has Three “Strategic Pillars” Moving Forward
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bob-chapek-2022-memo-storytelling-1235072324/
Superpositioning and the Collective Journey
https://blog.collectivejourney.com/superpositioning-fef1e10ff24c
Pervasive Communications
https://blog.intelligistgroup.com/lets-call-it-pervasive-communication/
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