The book is filled with helpful, in-depth coverage of all types of multimedia and Web writing: video games, museum kiosks, education and training programs, and websites. Detailed explanations of the processes involved in creating content for multimedia and Web projects and analysis of the demands and challenges of this particular type of writing, such as interactivity and script formatting, are all explored for the reader.
1. Interactivity and the Mriter
2. Writing for Many Media
3. High-Level Design, Management, and Technical Skills Useful to the Interactive Writer
4. The Multimedia and Web Site Production Team
5. Script and Proposal Formatting
6. Key Points From Part I : Interactive Media and the Writer
7. Defining and Achieving Goals for Informational Multimedia and Web Sites
8. Informational Multimedia and Web Architecture
9. Introduction to the Informational Multimedia and Web Site Case Studies
10. Case Study - Writing a Marketing Web Site from Proposal to Documentation : Prudential Verani Realty
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"Writing for Multimedia and the Web is essential reading for anyone who wants to work and create in these competitive arenas. Tim Garrand has created an incredibly useful 'bible' of case studies for this exploding electronic frontier."
--Matthew Costello --
Writer of the games: The 7th Guest, Just Cause, and Pirates of the Caribbean and co-creator of Zoog Disney, on TV and online.
"Tim Garrand has done it again! This latest update of Writing for Multimedia and the Web includes all you need to know to get started as an interactive writer or improve your current skills. If you think it's just about good writing think again. Tim reveals how all forms of interactive writing are deeply linked to the design and flow of a game, web site or blog experience. A must read!"
--David Riordan --
Convergence Director - Random 1
"Writing for Multimedia and the Web is really working well for a college course I teach titled, "Writing and Interactive Design." I have used the text for more than 5 years and it is the best book overall that I have seen that is a good balance of application an theory. "
--Ken Lodge --
Oregon Research Institute. Applied Computer Simulation Lab
Author
Timothy Garrand, Ph.D is a recognize expert in content development and interactive architecture for interactive media. For more than 10 years, Garrand has brought his expertise to the development of wide range of both web and multimedia projects for major clients, sush as Pearson Education, Houghton Mifflin, and Hartford Life Financial Services.