2. Eat Your Serial
Get your daily serving of _______ stories.
Our mission is simple. next installment. Serial formats
We are a passionate group have served as the launching
that is working to connect pad for a number of classic
writers and readers through writers.
an innovative new online
experience. We aim to With TV showcasing countless
promote writers by serials like โLOSTโ over the
showcasing their work as course of many years, serialized
serials. storytelling is a tried and true
method of entertainment for
What does that mean? mass audiences to this day.
Well, serials are nothing And that's where we come in...
new.
We're bringing serialized
This storytelling format has content to the Internet on a scale
been around that has not been attempted to
for generations. The regular date...
publication of pieces of story
kept audiences hooked and
compelled to return for the
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3. โฆBut, What IS Eat Your Serial?!
โEat Yourโ โSerialโ
Definition: As in donโt waste it, Definition: Installments delivered
other people are starving. in separate & regular intervals.
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People consume more content now EYS is looking to promote new
than ever before. Blogs, Twitter, online writers and creative talent from all genres,
magazines, favorite websites, Facebook - and get them out to the widest audience
these are what people are spending their possible. All writers retain the rights to
time reading. their work after they're done working with
us.
Eat Your Serial believes there is
already a built in audience for manageable, โข Every day of the five-day work-
easily digested serials of new and well week will feature a different
written stories, and we have built the serialized story by a different
platform for it. author.
Did we mention the stories will be โข Every week on that same day the
story gets an updated chapter, and
available for FREE?
this will continue every week until
the serial is complete.
From Charles Dickens to comic
books, serials have a long and proud
โข When the serials are finished,
tradition of engaging and entertaining
readers will have a chance to buy
audiences. People love ongoing narratives
their favorites or catch up on the
with clever twists and jaw-dropping
ones they missed.
cliffhangers that compel you to come back
next week for the next installment.
Eat Your Serial is more than just
a (spectacularly awesome) pun. Weโre working
hard to create a dynamic, new community to
find and promote unheard voices, in perfectly
sized servings.
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4. What are we looking for?
Writers. Press.
Eat Your Serial is constantly on the We are looking to be blogged about,
lookout for new talent all over the interviewed, sought after, and talked
world to write in any genre. EYS will about. Word of mouth is huge and that
promote the author, and the finished is why we are present & active on the
book is sold on our site upon following sites:
completion. And when all is said and www.twitter.com/eatyourserial
done, writers retain all rights to their www.facebook.com/eatyourserial
work Linked In Companies: Eat Your Serial
Editors.
Our editorial staff is the backbone of Support.
the organization. By keeping Eat Your Serial is running a successful
writers on schedule and making campaign on Kickstarter.com and
sure that everyone dots their iโs and offering rewards for anyone that can
crosses their tโs. contribute even $5 to help get us started.
Our costs include web design, hosting,
Readers. and marketing materials.
We want rabid, voracious readers who
will consume and interact with all of
our content.
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5. Link to Kickstarter!
http://kck.st/9UpvT9
Eat Your Serial is currently What are some of the costs
fundraising on Kickstarter.com Kickstarter funds will
โ a popular microfunding contribute to?
website that allows anyone
who finds the project to be full - Web design
of creative potential to donate - Web hosting
and support. - Marketing materials in order
to attract readers, increase
We are currently working brand awareness, and show
to raise $7,000 in order to support to those
launch our website by the end that support us
of 2010. - Operational costs associated
with launching a small startup
(Plus, it is currently the only - Research & development
place to see our mind- toward expanding mobile
blowingly epic video as well!) platforms
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6. Contact Us:
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/EatYourSerial
The Chief; Submissions:
submissions@eatyourserial.com
President & Founder
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Shawn Abraham
Shawn@eatyourserial.com
Operations Director
www.twitter.com/shawnabraham
Matt Thomas
718.309.2214
Matt@eatyourserial.com
Marketing Director Editorial Director
Dave Missal
Jenn Pedde
Dave@eatyourserial.com
Jenn@eatyourserial.com
www.twitter.com/jpedde
646.413.8208 Creative Director
Brandon Melendez
Brandon@eatyourserial.com
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