Project #1: Hypertext
Seeing Red
Abstract: This story is about how a man, Charlie, and his wife, Laura, and how their lives fall apart due to events beyond their control and partly due to the decisions (bad or good) that they choose to make. It has murder mixed with family drama that the reader must piece together and figure out because the text will not explicitly say it.
Tips: The hyperlinks are pretty much straight forward but if a reader finds themselves at a dead end do they may have to go back and make sure they didn't miss anything.
The end is never the end.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Blog Assignment #4
Write about your work on the Hypertext Assignment thus far. Post a map of your site (so far) and your writing/plans for how you are going to create your hypertext. The more you post - the more your classmates and I can give you feedback on.
I have an outline of the story and basic character descriptions. Mostly I have written out the major plot points and the ending so I know where the story is going.
On the site the first page the reader will encounter will ask them to choose one of four perspectives for the story and will be told that in order to get the full story they would have to go through each of the characters and connect their different experiences to discover what really happened. Both the reader and one of the main characters (Elizabeth) are on a search for the truth and in the end the reader will have to determine if Elizabeth actually achieved her goal.
On the site the first page the reader will encounter will ask them to choose one of four perspectives for the story and will be told that in order to get the full story they would have to go through each of the characters and connect their different experiences to discover what really happened. Both the reader and one of the main characters (Elizabeth) are on a search for the truth and in the end the reader will have to determine if Elizabeth actually achieved her goal.
Blog Assignment #3
A) Post your early ideas for the Hypertext Assignment (Project 1).
I'm thinking of making a story with three or four differnet character point of views and the readre chooses which one to pursue but they will not get the full story unless the go through each of the characters because perspectives might be off, interpretations could be wrong, and each character will not be present at each scene.
B) Post your experiences with your demo google.site thus far - try to identify what kind of help you are going to need.
B) Post your experiences with your demo google.site thus far - try to identify what kind of help you are going to need.
So far I think I have the hang of the google.site, I've been working through trial and error and when all else fails I google how to solve my problem(s).
C) Also, start to collect images you might want to incorporate into Project 1. Think of this week as the "image blog" -start collecting images on your Google Drive.
C) Also, start to collect images you might want to incorporate into Project 1. Think of this week as the "image blog" -start collecting images on your Google Drive.
I don't think I will be using images for project 1 but I have collected a few that I could use if I change my mind later. I still need to develop the story more in order to determine if and how I will use images.
Blog Assignment #2
1) Write about some of the pieces you have been exploring in the ELC.
In the ELC I looked at Galatea, Everybody Dies and those two stuck out to me because it was like a text based video game. Very interesting stories that developed through the interaction between the text and the reader. Although it was a bit frustrating because for the story to progress specific commands have to be entered that elicit a response, if you don't give the right command then you're basically stuck. I liked this challenge because it was more engaging and made it all the more satisfying once I figured out how to keep the story going.
2) My story will have four characters:
Elizabeth- the reader will be able to follow her search for her mothers killer and view the world through her eager and frantic eyes.
Robert- Elizabeth's step brother who is a recluse so he only sees the events that occur inside the house.
Charles- Roberts father and Elizabeth's adoptive father. His persepctive will take the reader back in time before Robert and Elizabeth were babies and the reader will get a back story for the events that Elizabeth is investigating.
Laura- Roberts mother, this perspective will be truncated at her death but the reader will get a different perspective on motives and also new information that will be relevant to how the characters in the present time of the story will proceed with the information they discover when investigating her death.
2) My story will have four characters:
Elizabeth- the reader will be able to follow her search for her mothers killer and view the world through her eager and frantic eyes.
Robert- Elizabeth's step brother who is a recluse so he only sees the events that occur inside the house.
Charles- Roberts father and Elizabeth's adoptive father. His persepctive will take the reader back in time before Robert and Elizabeth were babies and the reader will get a back story for the events that Elizabeth is investigating.
Laura- Roberts mother, this perspective will be truncated at her death but the reader will get a different perspective on motives and also new information that will be relevant to how the characters in the present time of the story will proceed with the information they discover when investigating her death.
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