"Heroes" Creator Tim Kring on the Evolution of Storytelling
I'm hosting a session called "Beyond the Margins and Between the Lines" next Saturday at the Boston Book Festival that'll feature Tim Kring, the creator of the NBC television hit "Heroes." (Disclosure: the Globe is a media sponsor of the festival, but that's not why I'm posting...)
When I was in LA last month, I had a chance to visit the "Heroes" production offices for a quick chat with Kring. We talked about the concept of "transmedia storytelling," or telling a set of interconnected stories across lots of different distribution channels (like TV, books, the Internet, and videogames.) We also talked a bit about the audience's desire to participate in the "Heroes" universe, and also about how Kring got a book deal last year to write a trilogy of books unrelated to "Heroes."
Here's the video from our little sit-down:
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About Scott Kirsner Scott Kirsner was part of the team that launched Boston.com in 1995, and has been writing a column for the Globe since 2000. His work has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, and Variety. Scott is also the author of the books "Fans, Friends & Followers" and "Inventing the Movies," was the editor of "The Convergence Guide: Life Sciences in New England," and was a contributor to "The Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston." Scott also helps organize several local events on entrepreneurship, including the Nantucket Conference and Future Forward. Here's some background on how Scott decides what to cover, and how to pitch him a story idea.
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