Brainstorm
I have a few ideas rolling around in my head about this Collaborative Composition and Analysis Assignment. I am not one-hundred percent sure yet what I will do, but I am leaning towards working with option #3.
I like the idea that we could create a new collaborative writing project through new media. I am thinking about writing a short story of some kind using characters, plots, places, and ideas generated online or through friends/classmates, and then present it using hypertext as kind of a “Choose Your Own Adventure” story, with different choices and endings. That way I could have conscious participation (myself), contributory participation (friends/classmates), and unwitting participation (ideas found online). I think that could be really fun and interesting to take on.
I especially like this idea because when I explore a new story idea, I tend to write longer novel-length works with a specific outcome/ending in mind, so I am interested to try to write a short story that still tells a full tale, and has different endings based on what the reader chooses. I love reading/playing “Choose Your Own Adventure” books/games, and I wrote a short program of one in my Computer Science class, so I think it would be really cool to write my own as an actual story. It would also be really fun to incorporate new media aspects to it, like hypertext, pictures, or even sound effects.
During class on Monday I will probably talk to my classmates and see what they think about the idea, or ask if they have any suggestions to take it further. I am very excited to start working on this project and to see what everyone else comes up with!
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