The Pros & Cons of Each Entertainment Medium
3 min readOct 10, 2022
Stories exist in many mediums. Each of them have their own strengths and weaknesses.
It’s important to know what those unique strengths are before deciding which one to use. I believe every story has it’s matching medium.
When you have a great pair, your story will shine all the better.
To help you decide which medium to use, here’s a rough rundown of each medium’s pros and cons.
Books
Pros:
- Unmatched potential for detail
- Nearly complete creative control
- Best for internal dialogue
- Stimulates the audience’s imagination
- Can be free and easy to create
- No limit to what you can create
- Pace set by the reader
Cons:
- Only words, rarely pictures
- Lives and dies by the quality of the writing and its style
- Not very popular anymore
Examples:
- The Giver
- 1984
- Lord of The Rings
Comics/Manga
Pros:
- Access to visual…