Some
Reference Points for Discussion
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Preliminary Class Business
- Progress on grading papers and journals
- Some common problems in the papers:
- Citation style for online works: MLA
Style
- References to particular pages of lexias
- Inclusion of graphical examples
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The Storyspace Program
- Eastgate's overview
of the Storyspace program
- An authoring environment built around an "object"
or "chunk" paradigm of "writing
spaces" linked to each other through a GUI interface
designed around a flow-chart mapping
metaphor. Text-centered (though later versions add image
capability). Sophisticated
linking and guard-field mechanisms that allow for the
creation of complex narrative logics. In later versions:
ability to port to the Web (e.g., Oliver Hockenhull's Conceived)
- A reading environment that is a restricted version of
the authoring environment. Includes the potential for different
views of the writing spaces, flow-chart map views, annotations,
bookmarking. Limited navigation aids (e.g., history feature).
- No provision for distributed, online authoring
- No provision for distributed reading or the collective
use of a work (public navigation and reference to writing
spaces, cut-and-paste, chat, etc.)
- Michael Joyce's particular implementation of Storyspace in
afternoon, a story:
- default reading and branch reading
- guard fields
- invisible links
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