We'll also spend some time covering the Writing Mechanics handout.
I was hoping to bring in a few therapists to help us all recover this week, or maybe a reflexology massage expert, or at least some tarot-card readers, but I'm afraid you're going to have to settle for just me. (Though I did work as a phone-psychic for a while, so maybe you'll get that tarot reading after all.) In any case, remember what the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says, and DON'T PANIC!
HOMEWORK:
- Fix anything that needs fixing on your IF piece (minimum length, links working, etc.). Please post a comment to today's Class Blog (Week 8) with a link to your IF, even if you already posted it last time. Everyone should post a link on Week 8.
- Catch up on your 3 electronic-literature reviews (see last week's homework instructions). Please post them on this week's Class Blog (Week 8).
- Read the next 5 blogs on the class blogroll (pick up where you left off) and leave intriguing, compelling, discussion-furthering, blog-enhancing comments with at least one link for your fellow bloggers on their most current post.
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Hey,
As requested here is the link to my story.
The Bang this is my interactive fiction piece.
Tony takes you down under the earth's surface to Rocker Hell
The site Electronic Literature is set up pretty hard to follow. I did not see any direct links to stories like the ones we have worked in on class.
The first site I looked at is Minima
The written material was awkward but interesting. I feel the writer was being to artsy and forgot to make a real point. It was interesting because of all the imagery the author describes. The piece is very simple to visualize. It is confusing because it seems to just end randomly. It is too flashy linear scripts are simple and easy to follow. I would tell the rider to focus on a particular idea or purpose they are trying to convey.
The next site i looked over was Michael Rothenburg's-Man In Paris. Michael Rothenburg. It is interesting because it talks about the night life in Paris which is something that I don't know much about. It isn't confusing at all until the end, when he talks about matrimony's fragile breath. It almost seemed like a linear story with how it is laid out on the website. The writer should be descriptive with his abstract thoughts in order for the reader to connect.
8 minutes was a fun story that lead the reader along through typed passages that would appear for eight minutes.The author writes as the reader follows them through their life. The story keeps on moving on to a new page automatically and if I don't read fast enough I can't keep up. It is like a narrative but i don't have control over the pace of the turning of the pages. The writing is well organized and detailed.
Here is my story.
I have rewritten my interactive fiction piece on my PC desktop, but I'm having difficulty putting it all under the interactive ficiton URL.
Hi Grant,
You're going to have to be more specific about the problem. What exactly is going wrong?
Save Yourself
I am not sure if my interactive links were substantial so I decided to do one more just in case. Virtual Mall. This site was really interesting and huge which stuck me the most about it. Just the first floor of the mall could take you a few hours to get through. The writing was intricate and lead me to wonder why I was reading this. I than imagined myself in the mall dealing with these people with "fake-friendship-thank yous" which I found on the first floor food court. I also enjoyed writer's way of keeping the whole situation pretty vague. The writer would also hint at the fact that this whole elaborate mall was fictionally, which brought you out of the fantasy mall but made you appreciate how much time it probably took the creator to make the site.
Here is my short story.
This is a story about being in debt, with a very special appearance by Mr. Brad Pitt.
My interactive fiction story is here
The hyper fiction projects that I viewed were as follows:
Kathy Acker
Zin Har
The Labyrinth
I found most of the projects that i looked at to be confusing. I just couldn't get into the projects. The first one, Kathy Acker, was essentially a pretty quote board.
I find it difficult to get into this kind of writing because I feel like most of the projects start strong but then drop off after they catch your attention. For example, the Zin Har project began by posing a question about hand-held biological identifiers. The first link was aesthetically pleasing but after that it was confusing and possibly able to cause seizures. Which is a reminder that you can have as much pretty stuff on a site that you want but in the end content really matters.
I think it is interesting to think about the process of hyper fiction and interactive fiction but after having done a small one myself I have to say that linear stories are still the better medium for good story telling. Speaking for myself, I want a story to take me somewhere and lead me through an experience, if I wanted to make decisions I'd go to the DMV.
Finally, I believe that having to divert your attention in so many different directions ultimately takes away from the story. As a writer of interactive fiction you have to think about every "what if" possible for your story. It takes time and effort to come up with one outcome to a story let alone 12.
My interactive fiction is Temptation Is A Bitch
I found an IF community!! I'd much rather present this!!
My IF piece is entitled:
In Vu
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And here are my electronic-literature reviews:
Girl Birth Water Death
This work of experimental fiction by Martha Conway is neither here nor there. Classified under “short fiction” in the Electronic Literature Directory, but not quite narrative. The piece reads as if it were more suited to a literary journal.
The graphics are minimal (there is one illustration on the first page only) and the subject does not maximize the electronic medium. The two narrative choices presented at the bottom of each page are difficult to delineate from one another. The piece does not feel “interactive” enough to lend itself to the interactive medium.
The Muffin Tree is a very fun humorous work that straddles the line between fiction and short animation. The story is narrated to the audience (in audio) and is essentially a short animated clip. The audience experience is one of passive viewing and being told a story. Still, the experience is very engaging and the front-to-end narration and mockery of children’s fiction conventions is what may characterize it as interactive fiction (vs. “conventional” animation?). The Muffin Tree is one of twelve pieces of short fiction conveniently available in an interactive muffin on the Muffin Films homepage. These works are very clever and very fun to experience as a whole. Some of the shorts seem to be more categorically interactive fiction than others. Bluebirds in Spring—with its subtitles—is one such example.
Uncle Roger - 2003 Revised Edition is one of the first widely known pieces of IF. It's an interesting read with minimal aesthetics that work well for it. The fact that it has to do with tecchies and the Bay Area makes for an interesting read.
Click on the link to see my Interactive Story
Here are my ELD reviews:
1. 8 Minutes. As I read and watched this story, I was drawn in by the ability of the start up page to link to another page of information. Each page preceding the start page continues the story. The story was empowering in the context of how it was presented, but not on the overall content. The pages were timed in a way to provide sufficient time to get from one part of the story to the other. For this story, I believe a writing technique I would suggest is to write in a clear voice in order not to lose the readers.
2. 24 Hours with Someone You Know. If the title doesn't get you to read, then I don't know what will. What makes this peace interesting is that it follows the concept of hyper fiction short story we had in class. The author did a great job placing a scene and letting readers choose their path. As one scene dives into another, I noticed images along with the story which totally enhanced my reading experience. Overall, the content of this story was great and highly recommended.
3. Everything After That. The story was very personal which is something missing in many narratives today. Not only can you follow what the author is saying, but as the reader, you can also choose the parts of the story. The experience alone gives me ideas on how to do story pieces because it allows me to connect with the audience by adding some personal story
Waking Up is my interactive fiction piece.
I have to say that my fictional story provides crazy scenarios that can happen at any given moment in ones life. Although I made them up, I created choices that intensify a normal situation. View my story and click on the choices that best suit you.
Here is my interactive fiction
If you're going to San Francisco
As I browsed for a project to look at, I found Close Ecounters under the Animated Text category. I have to say that this project is interesting because it’s a moving picture poem. The author has created a fun experience for the viewer because all you have to do is sit back, watch, and listen. Making it an empowering format to use because it’s easy to follow along. And at the end the text to the poem is included. However, I didn’t like the content of the poem, it sucks! I did not understand what the author’s main point was, but I guess that’s the art in poems. I suggest this author to include poems with a writing style that makes more sense to the average viewer, if this person wants more viewership.
I browsed through a fiction animated directory and found Amazone. I like how this directory uses a lot of its animation to emphasize on the story being told. Every link has a different animation that corresponds to the story being told. There are various stories to read and they all include animations. Although most of the content seems more of a rhyming style format, the writer has personalized some if it. When reading some of these stories, it can get a little confusing. But overall I think it’s a nice directory to check out. Maybe if the writer incorporates more of its music to make it more interesting to browse. It appears as if there is music, but I could not figure it out.
I love reading nonfiction so when I found this directory Block suit, I thought I was going to read an interesting story. When I got to the main page I felt like I was tricked because I could not find any written stories. All I came across is a couple of interesting html’s animation. This author has great skills with creating nice looking htmls. Although I found it very easy to navigate, it felt to easy to the point that I was bored quickly because there is not much to browse through. I think the author should also incorporate some of his writing skills! But for the purpose of learning some new html techniques, this site is kind of cool to learn some new techniques for my story.
A relink to my piece:
Hungry at the dive . . .
Here's the link to my story:
Josie's interactive fiction"
I finally got my interactive fiction piece done. And here it is:
Grant's interactive fiction.
Here is my reposted link
Do What You Like.
Reviwes on week 7
Here is my linkWhat kind of person are you?
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