Monday, October 2

• In class:
  • Discussion of “Welcome to Pine Point.”
  • Discussion of Creative Assignment #2.
  • Twine demo
• Assignment:
  • Read:
    • "Patterns of Hypertext" by Mark Bernstein
    • Play:
      • Twine creators - "Seedship" by John Ayliff
      • Bitsy creators - UNDER A STAR CALLED SUN by Cecile Richard
      • Squiffy / Inklewriter creators - "Living Will" by Mark C. Marino
    • Write a post in which you discuss the work you've read and how Bernstein's framework helps us think about our own work.

Wednesday, October 4

In class:

• Discuss Bernstein essay and assigned creative works.
• Discuss Creative Assignment #1
  • Featured Student Projects
• Bitsy and Squiffy and Inklewriter demos

Assignment:

• Play
  • Play at least 2 works in this year's IFComp and submit ballots for them.
  • Post your assessment of the works in the forum.

Friday, October 6

Asynchronous Class

• In our forum, post your assessment of two works in this year's IFComp
• This is due by Saturday morning.
• Respond to a classmate's post by Monday.

Assignment:

• Write a brief proposal for Creative Project #2.

• • Interactive Work
    • Use Twine, Bitsy, or Squiffy to create a literary videogame, hypertext work, or interactive fiction.
    • Accompany this with a 1-page discussion of your goals with the work, some of the challenges you faced in creating it, and what it helped you learn about interactive writing.
    • I will offer a hands-on workshop in class to help you learn how to use these systems.
    • A brief proposal with your thesis statement, line of argument and will be due 2 weeks before the project is due.