Besides the creativity inspiring things Coover discovered in his workshops, which I will address, I thought it reassuring that "the very proliferation of books and other print based media, so prevalent in this forest-harvesting, paper-wasting age, is held to be a sign of its feverish moribundity," was stated so perfectly well! : ) I know I'm concerned for the generations to come. Electronic teaching, reading and writing practice all save paper, and the planet!
Secondly, this quote made me smile: "But they also engage in continuous on-line dialogue with one another, exchanging enthusiasm, criticism, doubts, speculations, theorizing, wisecracks. So much fun is all this, so compelling this 'downright celebratory' experience..." Does this sound familiar to anyone? : ) I know I enjoy classes like these where we all engage and encourage each other, make some new friends.
Last, I wanted to know if anyone would be interested in a blogging "Hotel" like the community created one in the article? Jk, but how fun of an assignment would that be for a fiction writing class?!
Good luck on our 3rd test everyone!! Ciao for now, Sharxjay.
If you are truly interested in the hypertext hotel, I stumbled across it: http://netlern.net/hyperdis/hyphotel/
ReplyDeleteMost of the content doesn't link or work anymore, and there actually is not much there. Still, i can imagine the profundity that Coover gained while offering this as an assignment. I think Second Life actually became the 3D version of this hotel, where people could even interact within the stories and did not just have to write about it ~~ places where they could create and manage the environment to such an extant that the story comes to life. A place where others are encouraged to modify and create interesting twists and turns.
In any case, check it out :)