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New Particle Physics Framework Teaser That’ll Make Your Jaw Drop (And Haz Bunnies)

It’s called “Lagoa Multiphysics,” developed by Thiago Costa. But will it blend, in terms of storytelling, if games become ever more realistic?

Narrativity and Diachronic vs. Episodic Self-Experience: Checking the Evidence

You’d think when Strawson takes on the psychological Narrativity thesis and lets loose with both barrels, he’d load his gun with something substantial.

Narrativity and Diachronic vs. Episodic Self-Experience: Setting the Scene

According to Strawson, life is experienced in a “diachronic” or “episodic” kind of way: the former is compatible with psychological narrativity, the latter not.

Dramatic Conflict and the Future of Science Fiction

Dramatic conflict in science fiction connects to advanced aspects of a future society. With our accelerating technological progress, this is becoming difficult.

Home in the Universe

Home in Our World

I always loved “Home on the Range.” Here’s a variation on this song, situated in a 21st century where humanity is still kept, or keeps itself, from being free.

Travesty, Parody, and Advertising with a Purpose: #Prop8

Travesty is a powerful form of storytelling not despite, but because we know what’s going to happen. We’re already on the lookout for what’s different.

The Best Tales to Tell, the Best Stories to Write

The dogged meme that “life” writes the best stories, and the best tales are told from “experience,” originates in a confusion of what tales or stories are.

Turns and Flashbacks, Junctions as Junctures

Flashbacks are a powerful storytelling device, especially when used for missed turns and missed junctions-as-junctures.

Ecological Footprint

Book-Cut Storytelling: Environment

This EWS/WWF commercial for the UAE is nicely done, but it lacks storytelling. Usually, it’s not the advice that sticks, it’s the story that goes with it.

Is Collaborative Storytelling a Viable Technique? (Part IV)

The collaborate “Beyond the Still” contest has its second chapter. But not everything about this contest is conducive to collaboration.

Textual Landscapes: Book-Cut Storytelling Evolved

Mashing-up paper, text, moving images, and the voice of the narrator, a commercial featuring Maurice Gee takes book-cut storytelling to a whole different level.

Is Collaborative Storytelling a Viable Technique? (Part III)

What are the circumstances under which true collaborative writing either improves or diminishes the quality of the finished product?

Is Collaborative Storytelling a Viable Technique? (Part II)

Could collaborative storytelling create works of great art? Before we can answer that, we have to dismantle some cherished notions about author-creators.

Diegesis (“Excuse me sir, a what?”)

Diegesis is a technical term literature can do without. Mimesis too, but we should keep that one simmering on the back of the stove for historical reasons.

Is Collaborative Storytelling a Viable Technique? (Part I)

On whether collaborative storytelling is a viable technique, opinions greatly differ. In a series of blogposts, I will analyze examples and sketch some ideas.

Wolfshäute. Ein Gedicht im Geiste von Wilhelm Busch.

Ein Gedicht über Wölfe im Schafspelz und Schafsköpfe im Wolfspelz nach Abmahnungsmotiven von Jack “Hit the Road” Wolfskin im Geiste von Wilhelm Busch.

A Little Late, But Here It Is: My Latest Nanonovel

My latest nanonovel: Ouroboros

Some Good News, Some Bad News from the Nano Front

My nanoseries didn’t suit Green Tentacles’ i.e. Thaumatrope’s needs, though I’m not sure what they meant. But I never self-publish submitted and rejected texts.

On With the Nanonovels!

I’ve got an idea for a new nanonovel, a murder mystery. It’s an idea related to a chapter in Robert Coover’s novel Gerald’s Party.

Now What’s Next in Nano

Right now I’m working on a nanoseries for Green Tentacles’ @thaumatrope channel on Twitter. I hope I’ll have it done when they accept submissions again.