I'd just like to start a discussion about different views on writing in episodic release format. This could mean writing material with the intent of storyboarding and pitching to a company (i.e. Toei, FOX, Netflix Independent), writing with the intent of releasing your novel in serial formats, or maybe webcomic writing (which I'm currently trying myself!)
All formats above fall under the category--and plenty more do as well. On a grander scale, you could see series of novels fit into this section, though I'm not a fan of the writer dream of the fantasy trilogy.
I write all of my fiction in episodic form with mind to how much is revealed, how the pace carries between episodes, and how the pace and content carries itself within the episode itself because that matters so, so much.
I personally see this as a more careful and meticulous form of structuring your fiction since there are parameters to consider beyond the formulaic
exposition --> rising action --> climax --> falling action
mantra.
How do you see it, and do you prefer this style? Or the old-fashioned chapter and part style?
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