The web is choc full of comedic web series and shorts. Some are funny, most are not, but as I discussed previously, it is easier to be funny on the web. Creating characters and drama is difficult when you have little time. That said a web series has potential for great characters, yet I have not been able to find many people up to the task. So I’d like to ask you guys, what are you working on? Have you found decent online dramas? Where and what are they?

I have recently talked a lot about great writing in modern media, using Mad Men and Battlestar Galactica as examples. Today I want to look at one of the core aspects of those articles - Character - but I want to do so in light of my last post - a discussion on the impacts of technology and business on entertainment.

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