The Future of Writing

by J. Potts (Editor)

Overview

This fascinating collection draws together perspectives on the future of writing in publishing, journalism and online sites. Discussion ranges across the challenges and opportunities for writing and publishing in the context of new content platforms, formats and distribution networks, including e-books, online news and publishing, and social media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137440402
Publisher:	Palgrave Pivot
Publication date:	04/04/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	301 KB

About the Author

Richard Nash, Small Demons, USA Kate Eltham, Brisbane Writers Festival, Australia Sherman Young, Macquarie University, Australia John Potts, Macquarie University, Australia Nigel Krauth, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia Chris Rodley, freelance writer, Australia Andrew Burrell, freelance artist, Australia Kathryn Millard, Macquarie University, Australia Alex Munt, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Garry Linnell, Fairfax Metro Media, Australia Jennifer Beckett, University of New South Wales, Australia Catharine Lumby, Macquarie University, Australia Lachlan Harris, Co-Founder of Big Switch, Australia Mark Evans, Macquarie University, Australia

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; John Potts PART I: WRITING AND PUBLISHING 1. Culture is the Algorithm; Richard Nash 2. When the Web is the World; Kate Eltham 3. Me Myself I: Revaluing Self-Publishing in the Electronic Age; Sherman Young 4. Book Doomsday: The March of Progress and the Fate of the Book; John Potts PART II: CREATIVE WRITING 5. Multigraph, not Monograph: Creative Writing and New Technologies; Nigel Krauth 6. On the Art of Writing with Data; Chris Rodley and Andrew Burrell 7. The Design of Writing: 29 Observations; Kathryn Millard and Alex Munt PART III: JOURNALISM: ESTATE 4.0 8. Storytelling in the Digital Age; Garry Linnell 9. Reading and Writing the News in the Fifth Estate; Jennifer Beckett and Catharine Lumby 10. News Breakers and News Makers in the 24 Hour Opinion Cycle; Lachlan Harris 11. Education and the New Convergent Journalist; Mark Evans

Editorial Reviews

Potts has drawn together a fairly diverse representation of views on the future of writing amid the technologically-driven challenges and prospects on our foreseeable horizon. … The collection forms an important waypoint for authors and researchers interested in not only predictive manoeuvres, but also gaining further understanding of present transformations in the way we orient ourselves to the market and its making.” (Ross Watkins, Text Journal, Vol. 19, October, 2015)

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