tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72667584572240058272024-03-06T07:34:55.860+00:00Field Guide to Digital FictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-71252000795615803012010-01-20T11:21:00.007+00:002010-11-15T14:18:41.632+00:00Introduction<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91TZIxBcKAruisv7IrHsQ-DXGSp0_o1agUIindrQ53LEBhrhu5xp1abYTPH9fun46L-S_79JWlbVs9R1qtymMjFqvO-4Wtz6czu-mC4gzaCjfra9XTLcmUi5BBOambm70xePPE2EASTlU/s1600-h/kbeanthefutureofbooks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427436563252535874" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 262px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91TZIxBcKAruisv7IrHsQ-DXGSp0_o1agUIindrQ53LEBhrhu5xp1abYTPH9fun46L-S_79JWlbVs9R1qtymMjFqvO-4Wtz6czu-mC4gzaCjfra9XTLcmUi5BBOambm70xePPE2EASTlU/s400/kbeanthefutureofbooks.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The Future of Books by <a href="http://www.kylebean.co.uk/portfolio/">Kyle Bean</a><br /></span></div><blockquote>'Reading on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">iPods</span> and e-readers reminds us that however we receive it, fiction happens in our imaginations, the book is a souvenir of that experience.' <a href="http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/feature/99589-digital-focus-looking-forward.html">Chris Meade</a><br /></blockquote><p> </p><p><br />I've been invited by a couple of friends to join <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=157600763391&ref=mf">this group</a> on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Facebook</span>. They don't know that I'm writing this field guide and I'm starting to feel a bit like it's a dirty secret.<br /><br />I have good friends who write and who illustrate books. I love books, my house is packed with them, and that's after I gave away hundreds so that my second son could have a bedroom. There are bookcases in every room: I sleep over them (baskets full under the bed), bathe next to them, there are even piles of my favourite ones stacked around my feet under my desk because I can't bear to have them as far away as the bookcase behind me.<br /><br />I love books but I love what's in them more; I love story in all its forms and that means the stories that have to be read from a screen too. I don't think it has to be an either/or, I don't think there has to be an end of the printed book—just more options—which means more for us to read and enjoy!<br /><br />I've created this guide as part of my research for a university <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">assignment</span> but I'm hoping it will provide a handy place to navigate from for any readers and writers who would like to find out more about digital fiction. By clicking on the contents labels in the sidebar you'll find links to lots of online examples and information. A field guide helps you to explore a field from within the field, so what are you waiting for, start exploring!<br /><br /><br /></p><blockquote><strong>A note about the term digital fiction:</strong> People have been struggling to come up with a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2006/dec/11/factisweneedabettername">satisfying</a> term to describe the myriad of possibilities for fiction that digital technology allows. I've looked at ways of presenting fiction digitally and examples of digital work in which written prose is an integral part: these are all works that are read from a screen. I have excluded <a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/audio-fiction.html">audio</a> fiction (which is also digital but not read from a screen), games (in which the prose <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">isn</span>’t often integral), and poetry (although there are overlaps) because in the limitless shelving space offered to digital literature by the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">internet</span> I had to draw lines somewhere!</blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The image above is used with permission - and if you love unusual printed books make sure you check out Kyle's forthcoming <a href="http://www.kylebean.co.uk/portfolio/#guidefortheunlucky">Guide for the Unlucky.</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-53936917699415377432010-01-20T11:06:00.006+00:002010-04-30T13:50:29.407+01:00New Media fictionNew Media Fiction (sometimes called multimedia fiction) combines audio, images and video - either singly or in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">combination -</span> with written text. The best way to discover what it is - is to read some.<br /><br />See also:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/places-to-look-for-new-media-fiction.html">Examples of new media fiction</a><br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-make-new-media-fiction.html">How to make new media fiction</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-47415551105322580602010-01-20T11:00:00.023+00:002010-04-30T13:48:34.988+01:00Collaborative fictionCollaborative digital fiction involves writers making use of digital platforms and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">technologies</span> to collaborate on fiction projects. This can involve the use of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wikis</span>, or can take the form of a curated fiction project or networked novel.<br /><br />See also:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/examples-of-collaborative-fiction_20.html">Examples of collaborative fiction</a><br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/wikifiction">Wiki fiction</a><br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/toolbox">Tool box</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-74611041539552737232010-01-20T11:00:00.022+00:002010-04-30T13:48:19.787+01:00Blog fictionA blog can be characterised as ‘a website that is updated frequently, with new material posted at the top of the page’ <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html">(Blood, 2000)</a> and there are several free and easy to use blogging platforms available.<br /><br />Blog fiction can take the form of short stories, or serialised blog novels - which are often referred to as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">blooks</span>.<br /><br />There is an award for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">blooks</span> that have become print books called <a href="http://lulublookerprize.typepad.com/">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Blooker</span> Prize</a>.<br /><br />There is lots of info on blog fiction <a href="http://blog.blogfiction.org/">here</a>.<br /><br />See also:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/examples-of-blog-fiction.html">Examples of blog fiction</a><br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/toolbox">Tool box</a> (for links to blogging services)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-82108804406882976782010-01-20T11:00:00.021+00:002010-04-30T13:47:14.234+01:00Hypertext fictionHypertext fiction is characterised by its use of short blocks of text, referred to as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">lexias</span>, and within each <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lexia</span> one or more words are hyperlinked creating paths to other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">lexias</span>. This gives the reader choices about which path to take next (a bit like a choose your own adventure book with literary intentions!).<br /><br />See also:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/examples-of-hypertext-fiction.html">Examples of hypertext fiction</a><br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-hypertext-fiction.html">On hypertext fiction</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-72313830404032357492010-01-20T11:00:00.014+00:002010-01-20T17:15:11.541+00:00Twitter fiction<a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a> is a social networking and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">microblogging</span> site which allows you to post messages (known as tweets) of 140 characters or less, which are then sent to all of your followers. Twitter is being used in many different ways, including in the distribution of fiction.<br /><br />Twitter is particularly suited to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">microfiction</span>, where a story is told in one tweet (sometimes called a twister). Some writers maintain a twister must be exactly 140 characters long, whilst others use less. The service is also being used for short stories and novels (which can be serialised over many tweets), for condensing classic works of fiction into one or more tweets, and there is even a <a href="http://nanoism.net/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">'twitlit</span>' magazine</a>.<br /><br />How to use Twitter:<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/twitter">The Guardian's guide</a><br /><a href="http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/">Mashable's guide</a><br /><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_to_archive_your_tweets.php">10 ways to archive your tweets</a><br /><br />Also see:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/examples-of-twitter-fiction.html">Examples of twitter fiction</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-89890573047246028902010-01-20T10:51:00.004+00:002010-01-20T17:12:44.528+00:00Digitised fictionDigitised fiction is literally a book that has been scanned in so that you can read it from a screen. There are lots of out of copyright digitised works available but Google is scanning works that are still in copyright too.<br /><br />A little on the <a href="http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/">Google Books Agreement</a>:<br /><br /><script src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01n37f5qd53" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/12/in-another-in-our-series.html">Art Beat</a>, PBS<br /><br /><br />Some places to look for digitised fiction:<br /><a href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/viewall/index.html"><br />British Library's Virtual Books</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/texts">Internet Archive's Texts</a><br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books">Google Books</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-45516099505325185912010-01-20T10:35:00.002+00:002010-01-26T20:43:06.816+00:00ExperimentalSome experimental digital fiction that didn't quite fit anywhere else:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.textarc.org/">TextArc</a> - a peculiar way of viewing texts<br /><br /><a href="http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/short__galatea.html">Galatea</a> - an interactive fiction piece<br /><a href="http://www.a-blast.org/"><br />Assoziations-Blaster</a> - an interactive text networkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-48101080894280803272010-01-20T10:33:00.011+00:002010-02-03T10:21:57.178+00:00Tool box<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />With ordinary fiction you need nothing but a writing implement and something to scribble on, but for digital fiction you'll need a bit more in your tool box - although the said writing implement and something to scribble on may still come in handy for starters.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Essentials:</span><br /><br />A computer<br />An internet connection<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Would be lovely to have:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.adobe.com/uk/flashplatform/">Adobe Flash</a> (yes it's very expensive)<br /><a href="http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/family/">Photoshop</a> (ditto)<br /><br />For these things you may need to attach yourself to a university or a rich person.<br /><br />Luckily there is still a lot you can do with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Free tools</span>:<br /><br />Blogs - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a>, <a href="http://wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>, <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>, <a href="http://www.typepad.com/">TypePad</a>, <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/">Live Journal</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sophieproject.org/">Twitter</a><br /><br />Wikis - <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a>, <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">Wikispaces</a>, <a href="http://wikispot.org/Front_Page">Wiki Spot</a><br /><br /><a href="http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools">50 Web 2.0 ways to tell a story</a><br /><br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/support/">Google Maps</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.paint.net/">Paint.net</a> - free image and photo editing software for Windows<br /><br />Open source software:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sophieproject.org/">Sophie 2.0</a> -for creating multimedia, interactive books<br /><br /><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a> - audio editor and recorder<br /><br /><a href="http://www.projectsycamore.org/">Sycamore</a> - a wiki engine<br /><br />To find out more about the whole business of being a digital writer try <a href="http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/writersguide">The writer's guide to making a digital living</a>:<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tRueQ1Q6NGA&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tRueQ1Q6NGA&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-22030586261861671172010-01-20T10:31:00.016+00:002010-04-30T13:51:08.182+01:00Online fictionMost of what is explored in this guide is available online. Online fiction comes in every size and shape and genre imaginable. Some of it is self-published, much of it is published in the hundreds (thousands?) of magazines and journals that proliferate online (<a href="http://www.duotrope.com/">Duotrope</a> is a great resource for searching these), some of it comes in the form of e-books, and some of it takes other forms (<a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/blogfiction">blog fiction</a>, <a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/twitterfiction">twitter fiction</a>, <a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/newmediafiction">new media fiction</a>, <a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/collaborativefiction">collaborative fiction</a> etc).<br /><br />There is a difference between the online fiction that simply uses the internet as a means of distribution - where work is written as if for print and there is no creative consideration of the possibilities allowed by the platform being used; and the online fiction that is written specifically for digital presentation or distribution.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.eliterature.org/about/">Electronic Literature Organization</a> says that the latter is ‘born digital’. In these instances the form the writer uses is influenced by the digital platform it will be presented on:<br /><blockquote>The confrontation with technology at the level of creation is what<br />distinguishes electronic literature from, for example, e-books, digitized<br />versions of print works, and other products of print authors ‘going digital.’<br /></blockquote><br />There are a few very audible concerns when it comes to online fiction (whether 'born digital' or not); one is that it seems to be impossible to make money from it, another is that quite a lot of it isn't that good, and another is the fear of copyright abuse.<br /><br />I'd recommend the following for some thoughts on these issues:<br /><br /><a href="http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/digital_livings.html">Digital Livings</a> (a report on how digital writers make money - although as most writers, digital or not, make hardly any money this probably shouldn't be the foremost concern of anyone who wants to write).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.novelr.com/2008/02/08/the-long-tail-and-online-fiction-how-to-get-read">Applying the Long Tail to Fiction</a> (how to be found amongst the crap).<br /><br />And make sure you read the <a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/copyright"> copyright post.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-20083444914338437292010-01-20T10:30:00.002+00:002010-01-26T20:10:26.218+00:00e-booksAn e-book is a book that has been published digitally. The format often imitates a print book (i.e. text only, or text and small illustrations) although there have been experiments with adding extra content to new releases (a little like special features on a DVD).<br /><br />E-books can be read on computers, mobile devices such as some phones and MP4 players, and specialised devices called e-readers. There are a number of file types used for e-books, the most common being: plain text and html, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PDF</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">EPUB</span>, Amazon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">AZW</span> (Kindle), Microsoft LIT and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mobipocket</span>.<br /><br />Lots of major publishing houses are now releasing e-books simultaneously with print books. Peculiarly the digital versions aren't much cheaper despite the fact they cut the publishers printing and distribution costs (and you can bet the writers aren't getting a bigger cut).<br /><br />There are many many more free, out of copyright, e-books than it would be possible to read in a lifetime.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page">Project Gutenberg</a> is a great place to start.<br /><br />If that isn't enough for you try this <a href="http://www.zorba.us/?page_id=818">guide to free e-books</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-88570417297500116712010-01-20T10:28:00.010+00:002010-01-20T17:14:00.592+00:00Examples of new media fictionLots to explore! Feel free to add more examples by leaving a comment below.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.webyarns.com/">webyarns </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dreamingmethods.com/">Dreaming Methods</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.inanimatealice.com/">Inanimate Alice</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bornmagazine.org/">Born Magazine</a><br /><a href="http://www.cobwebforest.com/"><br />Through the Cobweb Forest</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.passagen12.de/">Passagen</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-60815072658217627012010-01-20T10:26:00.004+00:002010-01-20T17:11:56.713+00:00Examples of blog fiction<a href="http://www.postmodernsass.com/blogger/">Postmodern Sass</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.talesofmu.com/story/">Tales of Mu</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.litfest.org/adorna-and-desiderus.html">Adorna & Desiderus</a> - double blog fiction<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nameyourtale.com/">Name your Tale</a> - you name them they write them<br /><br /><a href="http://www.unknowntransmission.com/">Unknown Transmission</a><br /><br /><a href="http://death-sentences.blogspot.com/">Death's Blog</a><br /><br />Blooks turned books:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brokentype.com/monster/">Monster Island</a><br /><br /><a href="http://belledejour-uk.blogspot.com/">Belle de Jour</a> (<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2009/11/belle-de-jour-on-science-and-prostitution.php">autobiography</a> rather than fiction but interesting because it was assumed to be fiction for so long, and because of its success)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-7206642623672101772010-01-20T10:24:00.003+00:002010-01-20T17:15:24.908+00:00Examples of twitter fiction<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Microfiction</span> (or twisters -tales told in 140 characters or less)<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/VeryShortStory">Very Short Story</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/arjunbasu"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Arjun</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Basu</span></a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/tweettales"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">tweettales</span></a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/microprose"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">microprose</span></a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/TwitterFiction"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">twitterfiction</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/nanoism"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Nanoism</span></a> - a paying <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">twitterzine</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">twitlit</span> magazine)<br /><br /><a href="http://wpmu.thepodcastnetwork.com/twittories/what-are-twittories/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Twittories</span></a> - collaborative short <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">stories</span> using twitter<br /><br />Twitter novels (told in serial tweets)<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/FuelDumpNovel">Fuel Dump</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/smallplaces">Small Places</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thetwiternovel">The Twitter Novel</a><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Twitterature</span><br /><a href="http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141047713,00.html?strSrchSql=TWITTERATURE*/Twitterature_Alexander_Aciman#"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Twitterature</span></a> is an actual print book 'The world's greatest books retold through Twitter', there are<a href="http://www.twitterature.us/uk/ex.htm"> examples here </a>and you can follow the authors who are continuing to tweet their way through the literary canon <a href="http://twitter.com/AcimanandRensin">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-64231933341966506162010-01-20T10:15:00.008+00:002010-01-26T20:45:00.987+00:00Examples of hypertext fiction<a href="http://www.eastgate.com/ReadingRoom.html">Eastgate's Hypertext Reading Room</a>, various authors<br /><br /><a href="http://www.altx.com/thebody/">'my body' - a Wunderkammer</a>, by Shelley Jackson<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nyupress.org/sisterstories/index.html">Sister Stories</a>, by Rosemary Joyce, Carolyn Guyer, Michael Joyce<br /><br /><a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiareview/tirweb/hypermedia/michael_joyce/ReachTitle.html">Reach</a>, by Michael Joyce<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/caitlin/waves/">These Waves of Girls</a> - a hypermedia novella, by Caitlin Fisher<br /><br /><a href="http://217babel.com/">217 Babel Street</a>, by Jones, MacLeod, Noon and Shaw<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ryman-novel.com/">253</a>, by Geoff Ryman<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sunshine69.com/noflash.html">SUNSHINE '69</a>, by Bobby Rabyd<br /><br /><a href="http://unknownhypertext.com/unknown.htm">The Unknown</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-2420651971519541512010-01-20T10:15:00.007+00:002010-01-26T20:24:52.736+00:00Examples of collaborative fictionOngoing -<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flightpaths.net/">Flight Paths</a> - a networked novel<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fabulate.co.uk/">Fabulate</a> - unlimited authors, 500 words each, 1 story<br /><br /><a href="http://www.1000000monkeys.com/">One Million Monkeys Typing</a> - an evolutionary writing site, only the strongest stories survive<br /><br /><br />Now closed (but still good to explore)-<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">A Million Penguins</a> -a wiki novel<br /><br /><a href="http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/quilt/info.htm">The Noon Quilt</a> - an assemblage of patches submitted by writers from around the world<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oldton.com/">In Search of Oldton</a> - trying to locate a missing townUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-14592629067869995112010-01-20T10:08:00.003+00:002010-01-26T20:17:24.231+00:00Social networking and fictionLots of Social Networking tools are being used in the creation of fiction (see <a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/blogfiction">blog fiction</a> and <a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/twitterfiction">twitter fiction</a>). Some writers are also using <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> in their mission to create whole lives for their characters, and some projects like <a href="http://story2oh.com/">Story2.OH</a>'s use multiple platforms to tell stories.<br /><br />See:<br /><a href="http://story2oh.com/previously-on">boymeetsgrrl</a><br /><br />Also see:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/transliteracy">Transliteracy</a><br /><a href="http://story2oh.com/"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-36678821165785883732010-01-20T10:00:00.030+00:002010-01-26T20:37:38.619+00:00Wiki fictionA wiki is a piece of collaborative software which allows groups of people to write and edit web pages. The best known example of a wiki is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wikipedia</span>, but the software has also been used to create collaborative fiction.<br /><br />Examples include:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">A Million Penguins</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wikistory.com/wiki/WikiStory_Home">WikiStory</a><br /><br />You'll find lots of info on wiki fiction and examples in this <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikifiction">wiki </a>.<br /><br />Also see:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/collaborativefiction">Collaborative fiction</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-14686141296658216292010-01-20T10:00:00.028+00:002010-01-26T20:08:01.731+00:00Copyright‘Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy’ <a href="http://openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/12/11/piracy.html">Tim O'Reilly</a><br /><br />Some new ways to think about copyright in the digital age:<br /><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/LarryLessig_2007-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/LarryLessig-2007.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=187&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity;year=2007;theme=presentation_innovation;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=not_business_as_usual;event=TED2007;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"><br /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/LarryLessig_2007-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/LarryLessig-2007.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=187&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity;year=2007;theme=presentation_innovation;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=not_business_as_usual;event=TED2007;" width="446" height="326"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/LawrenceLessigRemix">Remix</a> the free e-book by Lawrence Lessig<br /><a href="http://www.thepublicdomain.org/comic/"><br />The Public Domain</a> - the comic<br /><br />You can get Creative Commons licenses - which allow you to control your copyright - <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-61166978840584919972010-01-20T10:00:00.026+00:002010-01-26T11:38:29.612+00:00FlicktionFlicktion uses images uploaded to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> as the inspiration for short stories. The images and stories are posted together on Flickr using the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/flicktion/">flicktion tag</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7910/">The Doorbells of Florence</a> is a print book which collects the stories of Andrew Losowsky, the writer who started this trend.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-44547053134911947892010-01-20T10:00:00.023+00:002010-01-20T17:14:17.959+00:00How to make new media fictionAndy Bigelow from <a href="http://www.webyarns.com/">webyarns</a>, video recorded for the <a href="http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/transliteracy/index.php/guest-lectures-archive-section/practice-lectures/54-alan-bigelow-lecture">Creative Writing and New Media Archive<br /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/transliteracy/plugins/content/jw_allvideos/players/mediaplayer_4.3.swf" width="400" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash2-preview" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hum.dmu.ac.uk%2Ftransliteracy%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fvideos%2Fvideobiography24.flv&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hum.dmu.ac.uk%2Ftransliteracy%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fvideos%2Fvideobiography24.jpg&plugins=viral-1d"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/elit/elit_software.html">authoring software</a> - How new media writers create their work<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sophieproject.org/">Sophie 2.0</a> - open source software for ‘writing and reading interactive books in a networked environment’ - allows a writer to incorporate all of the elements associated with new media fiction into their work.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.adobe.com/education/resources/k12/instructional/flash_narrative/index.html">Digital Narrative Project</a> for Macromedia Flash 8<br /><br />Also see:<br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/tool-box.html">Tool box</a><br /><a href="http://fieldguidetodigitalfiction.blogspot.com/2010/01/places-to-look-for-new-media-fiction.html">Examples of new media fiction</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-19644104717451492512010-01-20T10:00:00.022+00:002010-01-20T17:13:30.857+00:00On hypertext fiction<a href="http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/papers/jackson.html">Stitch Bitch: the patchwork girl</a><br /><br /><a href="http://elab.eserver.org/hfl0276.html">The Electronic Labyrinth</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.readingonline.org/articles/luce-kapler/">In Search of a Story</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.eastgate.com/download/OnHypertextNarrative.pdf">On Hypertext Narrative</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.eastgate.com/garden/">Hypertext Gardens</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-20400338589735029832010-01-20T10:00:00.017+00:002010-01-20T15:58:56.117+00:00WebcomicsA webcomic is a comic on the web!<br /><br />Examples:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/Zones/Webcomics">List of webcomics</a> Dark Horse recommends<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scottmccloud.com/1-webcomics/index.html">Scott McCloud's webcomics</a><br /><a href="http://jennyeverywhere.net/"><br />Jenny Everywhere</a> - an open source characterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-31132207867421364222010-01-20T10:00:00.007+00:002010-01-20T11:51:43.696+00:00Maps<a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/">Google Maps</a> can be used to map stories. J.R. Carpenter has used it to ‘populate "real" satellite images…with "fictional" characters and events’<a href="http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/transliteracy/index.php/guest-lectures-archive-section/practice-lectures/51-jr-carpenter-lecture">(2008)</a>. See her work: <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://luckysoap.com/inabsentia/index.html">in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">absentia</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266758457224005827.post-46972121673677270332010-01-20T09:53:00.001+00:002010-01-26T12:03:24.766+00:00Audio fictionOk, I couldn't resist adding a few links to my favourite sources for audio fiction online:<br /><br /><a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.symphonyspace.org/shorts/shorts_online">PRI's Selected Shorts podcast</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/podcasts/fiction">The New Yorker's fiction podcast</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.commapress.co.uk/?section=StoryBank">Comma Press's Story Bank</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0