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Author and YouTube Star Jenna Moreci’s Writing and Vlogging Tips
Author and vlogger Jenna Moreci shares tips for writing fiction and building a YouTube channel.
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28 of the Best YouTube Channels for Storytellers
From pop culture analysis to scientific deep dives, here are some of the best YouTube channels for video essays.
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The Brief Life and Sudden Death of The Baristas — or, How Not to Make a Web Series
Five years ago, the first episode of The Baristas debuted. We weren’t sure how long it would last. The production was beset with challenges even before it began. In my blind optimism, I hoped it would last for at least 100 episodes. Instead, it ended after 20. Here’s the story Read more…
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The Life and Death of the Web’s Longest-Running Sitcom, Something to Be Desired
In September of 2003, before the launch of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or MySpace — before you could watch a video on your iPod, much less on your cell phone — the first episode of a brand new, so-called “web series” was uploaded to the Internet. The writer-director of this web Read more…
Armchair Sociology
The Death of Fun
Remember the ’80s? Those were my formative years, so their influence is hard to shake, but I can’t help but feel like the ’80s were the last time in Western culture when fun was generally acceptable. I grew up reading comic books like Batman and Spider-Man, and watching cartoons like Read more…