The market in new media is booming, and writers are scrambling to take advantage of myriad new opportunities. If you've ever thought about producing a CD-ROM, creating a Web page, or writing interactive content for any of the new electronic media, this is the book for you. Written in down-to-earth, nontechnical language that even computer novices will understand, this unique guide gives you the knowledge and skills you need to write for all forms of digital media —including CD-ROMs, Web pages, and online magazines.
Writing for New Media will bring you up to speed on:
- Learning to think interactively
- Integrating multimedia elements into your work
- Designing flowcharts and writing interactive script
- Mastering interactive storytelling—including story branching and the psychology of interactive characters
- Utilizing key terms and concepts—hot spots, pop-ups, rollovers, navigation, screen metaphors, and inouns and iverbs
- Presenting your interactive idea to a developer or publisher
- Adapting linear material for new media and much more
