Why the Kindle is my Swiss Army knife
In a world of digital doubt, the Kindle keeps me always keeps me always prepared.
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What is a text and how do I hack it?
It has been a long time since my first introduction to this site. A lot has changed, including the name, my purpose and my topics. I guess it’s time to explain why the site is called HackText and what the point of all this is. When the blog started, I didn’t understand that the word I […]
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Artifacts: building dimension into your narrative [Narrative Artifacts: 1 of 4]
In print, your narrative thread may be enough to sustain a reader, but when you go beyond a single book, it’s time to consider the other ways your story can engage. Narrative artifacts allow you to build dimension into the universe of your story and are universally applicable. From journalism to video games, artifacts may be the key to pulling in and keeping your audience.
Narrative artifacts are the things that surround and add to universe of your narrative. In many ways they are one of the most important elements of a transmedia experience.
There are three types of artifacts: narrative-centric, narrative-parallel and narrative-additive.
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Crowd-sourced television goes to the next level with Bar Karma and Storymaker
Current’s newest TV show, Bar Karma, is an evolution in storytelling. The show is a platform for community contributions, ideas and amplified cooperation. The creators leverage contributions, recommendations, pitches and votes through a platform created by video-game great Will Wright. The project is powered by a tool called Storymaker, which would be very useful to journalists, video game developers and narrative […]
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