Prior to the advent of the novel, storytelling was largely a social experience delivered through theater and other group settings. The emergence of the novel in the late eighteenth century put stories into the hands of individual readers and created a whole new avenue for vicarious thrills, learning, escape, romance and adventure. Fan fiction, choose your own adventure novels, interactive novels and other digital reading experiences are changing the future of reading, writing and publishing.
How will fiction change with interactive novels? Is digital publishing circling back to story as a social experience? Inspired by the enriching content emerging from Sprint Beyond the Book, and particularly the Jane Friedman essay, “The Blurring Line Between Reader and Writer,” we discussed questions such as these in the October 14, 2013 session of #litchat. #Litchat is a hashtag-led discussion featuring topics of interest to readers and writers held through Twitter each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 4-5 p.m. E.T.
The one-hour #litchat session drew more than a dozen active participants from the U.S., Canada and the U.K., including Friedman, to discuss how the digital age is changing the way we experience stories. An archive of the #litchat session was created in Storify.
The following is the transcript from the one-hour #litchat session:
| LitChat | Welcome to #litchat. We’re excited to participate today HOW WILL PEOPLE READ IN THE FUTURE discussion. Join us for the next hour. #LitChat |
| LitChat | While #litchat is underway between 4-5pmET with moderated convo, please don’t use the hashtag unless contributing to the topic. |
| LitChat | #litchat was founded in 2009 and is moderated by @CarolyBurnsBass. We chat M W F, 4-5pmET. http://t.co/6EsesNfJPi |
| ChatSalad | RT @LitChat: Welcome to #litchat. We’re excited to participate today HOW WILL PEOPLE READ IN THE FUTURE discussion. Join us for the next ho… |
| LitChat | Follow #litchat easily from http://t.co/5uq9fwj4Jg. Simply login/authorize and you’re in the convo. |
| agnieszkasshoes | RT @LitChat: Welcome to #litchat. We’re excited to participate today HOW WILL PEOPLE READ IN THE FUTURE discussion. Join us for the next ho… |
| LitChat | Who’s with us today in #litchat? Please introduce yourself and let the convo begin. |
| MadelineDyerUK | RT @LitChat: #litchat was founded in 2009 and is moderated by @CarolyBurnsBass. We chat M W F, 4-5pmET. http://t.co/6EsesNfJPi |
| Pendare | @GLHancock You’re safe I think! #LitChat |
| NineTiger | Marianne, here. Still screaming about #governmentshutdown while pursuing other topics. #litchat |
| GLHancock | retired publisher/editor/writer of a half century wondering why you think people didn’t read alone before novels were written? #litchat |
| LitChat | Today’s convo was inspired by SPRINT BEYOND THE BOOK PROJECT and @JaneFriedman essay THE BLURRING LINES BETWEEN READER & WRITER. #LitChat |
| Pendare | Patricia here — on Canada’s Thanksgiving day. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | marc nash here #litchat |
| LitChat | Here is direct link to the SPRINT BEYOND THE BOOK PROJECT, a 72-hour book collaborative now underway: http://t.co/q6RHfyObn2 #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @Pendare Happy happy – are you thankful still? #litchat |
| agnieszkasshoes | @LitChat I’m here! I wrote a novel interactively on Facebook back in 2009 so fascinated by the subject #litchat |
| Pendare | @GLHancock Pretty much! #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | I’ve got an interactive digital novel in the works next year hopefully #litchat |
| LitChat | Here is direct link to @JaneFriedman essay THE BLURRING LINE BETWEEN READER & WRITER: http://t.co/PaUxWKNF2H #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | Hi readers and writers. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @Pendare Good! Good! #litchat |
| LitChat | We’re hoping @JaneFriedman has a moment to stop in to share her knowledge and experience in this fascinating topic. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | Interactive in the sense the reader plots their own way through it. But not with treasure at the end #litchat |
| novemberhill | Hi! Just read the article and have to say I’m not eager to go this direction as a writer or a reader. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | My disappearing epubs on Amazon are all interactive – linking to others and my website. So? #litchat |
| rcmogo | Does anyone here know how to define “hypermedia?” #LitChat |
| LitChat | Let’s get right into today’s discussion. If you have a question you’d like to submit, please post it here and I’ll add to queue. #LitChat |
| dellasm | RT @MartinBrownPubs: Tips for Writing a Novel: Know the Difference Between Plot and Story http://t.co/rRFrVnLhev #litchat #amwriting #write… |
| GLHancock | @rcmogo Linked. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | Nothing knew, BS Johnson did it in print with his book “The Unfortunates” #litchat a book-shaped box, loose chapters read in any order |
| NineTiger | @LitChat The counter for the 72 hour book is all zeros. Has it been done already? #litchat |
| GLHancock | @LitChat Why do you think no one read alone until novels were published? Stories, essays, poetry existed in print form. #litchat |
| agnieszkasshoes | RT @21stCscribe: Nothing knew, BS Johnson did it in print with his book “The Unfortunates” #litchat a book-shaped box, loose chapters read … |
| novemberhill | Trying to figure out if I have to put in #litchat or if it happens automatically if I’m logged in at nurph… #LitChat |
| LitChat | I see you here! RT @novemberhill Trying to figure out if I have to put in #litchat or if it happens #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | New to this chat; going to try to follow along best I can on my Android. #litchat |
| ChatSalad | @novemberhill It happens automatically 🙂 #LitChat |
| LitChat | Q1 How will the digital age open new ways of learning, discovering, and experiencing story? #LitChat |
| novemberhill | @LitChat Okay, great. I can relax and just type. #LitChat |
| novemberhill | @ChatSalad Thank you. 🙂 #LitChat |
| LitChat | Welcome. RT @Arzooman_Edit New to this chat; going to try to follow along best I can on my Android. #litchat #LitChat |
| LitChat | Welcome, just dive right in. RT @palefacewriter Hi readers and writers. #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | Well, I’ll never give up my interest in the experience of the traditional book. Power Law of Participation interesting. #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | Q1 new narratives that don’t have beginnings, middle ends if reader if choosing their progress trough them #litchat & thank god for that |
| novemberhill | I am still blown away by my Kindle and being able to get a book in my hands within a matter of seconds. #LitChat |
| rcmogo | Me too! #LitChat |
| GLHancock | A1 Can you spell multimedia? It’s already here. People are constantly mishmashing them, experimenting in many way, especially vids. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | apologies for my awful typing tonight #litchat 2 mistakes in last 2 tweets *sigh* |
| novemberhill | Am also intrigued as a writer when I open my own books on the Kindle and see the reader highlights – that is true feedback. #LitChat |
| NineTiger | A1 How could you ever build a saleable collection if all ebook. Collector issues. #litchat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @LitChat thanks, have not mastered Twitter chats on Hootsuite. #litchat. |
| palefacewriter | A1: There’s an expectation for immediacy. Interactive, digital books seem to work well with that need in newer readers. #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | collaboration with other artists too,I’ve collaborated with designer for kinetic typography short fiction #litchat Now that is new narrative |
| GLHancock | @Arzooman_Edit Try the Internet-based sites: tweetchat, nurph, and twubs – all dot coms. #litchat |
| palefacewriter | Yes, the ability to combine many creative aspects to enhance the written/printed word opens up cool possibilities. #litchat #LitChat |
| rcmogo | Interactivity is changing the way stories are written, too. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @palefacewriter Of course, some people find all that annoying. #litchat |
| LitChat | @Arzooman_Edit Here’s a link to our dedicated chat channel: http://t.co/5uq9fwj4Jg. #LitChat |
| LitChat | Q2 What kind of books/stories might we expect with social and interactive digital media? #LitChat |
| novemberhill | Can’t see myself enjoying a novel as interactive experience – I value the writer’s authority in telling the story his/her way. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | Q1 to me there’s a value 1st in being able to update nonfiction, but also to quickly correct mistakes, fiction or non. #litchat |
| palefacewriter | RT @GLHancock @palefacewriter Of course, some people find all that annoying. Yes, all that “incoming” can be so! #litchat #LitChat |
| GLHancock | A2 That depends on the publishers, but with SP (indies) I’d expect it more in genres. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill interaction doesn’t necessarily mean the reader writes the book, maybe just chooses their own path through it #litchat |
| GLHancock | @Arzooman_Edit Absolutely. Obviating errata sheets, sites, pages. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @GLHancock I’d find that depressing if it comes to pass. #genre #litchat |
| novemberhill | @21stCscribe How would that work? #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | Readers have always participated in their/our own minds…interactivity is akin to a sci-fi plot entering real time. #litchat #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | Q1 but the expectation is already there that you should link to sources, or webpages of contributors, or even books like yours. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill author skilful enough to write a story that doesn’t rely on fixed order, but open to many diff paths through #litchat |
| GLHancock | Right now it appears inevitable that future books will come with built-in social media connections. #litchat |
| novemberhill | I do love the ability to make corrections and update facts in nonfiction. #LitChat |
| rcmogo | A2 The experience of the characters and setting can be much richer with supplement of social and interactive digital media #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | A2: Adventures for sure. Sci-fi. Almost anything, I suppose. Yike. Imaginations cut loose! #litchat #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @rcmogo Interrupting the flow of the narrative? #litchat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @GLHancock thanks. I will sign up as soon as I get home to my computer #litchat |
| novemberhill | @21stCscribe Not sure how that would play out in actual reading experience. Readers could read in any order in print book form. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | i think it’s quite limiting just to think about storytelling in these new media. #litchat |
| soniawrite | @GLHancock #litchat well, all the various ebooks devices already have twitter and fb and all that |
| GLHancock | @Arzooman_Edit I use TweetChat usually on my Kindle Fire. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill and yet they don’t 🙂 #litchat |
| LucidGlow | The most important tonight and ever is clearly WHSmith’s treatment of indie authors #litchat It’s just fucking unbelievable. |
| novemberhill | How does writer offer a novel in a form that could be utilized best interactively? #LitChat |
| rcmogo | @GLHancock More like “post story” experience. After finishing my favorite novels, I am always hungry for more information #LitChat |
| j4k061n | RT @LucidGlow: The most important tonight and ever is clearly WHSmith’s treatment of indie authors #litchat It’s just fucking unbelievable. |
| palefacewriter | A2: Of course, I think of it only as an additional option. Quiet books in printed form will always be welcome in my hands. #litchat #LitChat |
| GLHancock | Block! #litchat |
| novemberhill | @21stCscribe Well, I on occasion do – but usually on a second read, not generally the first. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @palefacewriter as a reader, mine too. As a writer, less so #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill exactly. A book readable in any order is unique experience for each reader #litchat |
| novemberhill | RT @palefacewriter A2: Quiet books in printed form will always be welcome in my hands. Mine too!! #LitChat |
| GLHancock | I have to admit that a few times, I’ve sought out more info maybe about a setting like Pondicherry, IN or some other novel aspect #litchat |
| LitChat | Q3 In her essay, @JaneFriedman asks: To what extent is the future of reading social? #LitChat |
| GLHancock | And I appreciate authors’ notes on research in both nonfiction and novels, sometimes. #litchat |
| novemberhill | So I am envisioning a novel where you put the chapters on shuffle and read it many different ways. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill can be yes #litchat |
| novemberhill | I have been adding back matter to some of my novels that includes my playlists of songs I listened to while writing. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | A3 I don’t see why it should be any less than it is now and ever has been, though originally storytelling, not reading per se. #litchat |
| palefacewriter | A2: Some interesting possibilities for enhancing poetry. As a writer, though, I’d be wary of allowing open access. (selfishwriter!) #LitChat |
| rcmogo | A3 Simply because you can reach so many millions more people. #LitChat |
| JaneFriedman | Something I didn’t write about: new digital book format that Intel is developing, particularly interesting for NF & fan fic (1/2) #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | A3 the writing of a novel can be crowd sourced social. The reading still solitary, unless live stream author reading #litchat |
| soniawrite | @LitChat @JaneFriedman #LitChat A lot! It already is somewhat. Wittness this chat. If it werent, authors wouldn’t be encouaged to blog/tweet |
| LitChat | @JaneFriedman Is the Intel project an interactive format for reading? #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @soniawrite @novemberhill well it has been done before and in print! #litchat |
| JaneFriedman | Allows new chapters or materials to be added by user or publisher, visible to all readers (if reader opts to see them). (2/2) #LitChat |
| soniawrite | @novemberhill #litchat lol and get a different end each time. Could be an interesting experiment. |
| novemberhill | Also pondering now how one might mimic the actual act of storytelling – where you write the version you “tell” & listeners continue #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | A3: I thought that was worthy of pause and consideration. I think of it in degrees I suppose. How much interaction varies. #litchat #LitChat |
| agnieszkasshoes | RT @21stCscribe: i think it’s quite limiting just to think about storytelling in these new media. #litchat |
| GLHancock | @JaneFriedman Hi Jane! Thanks for that info about the new Intel book platform. Got a link? #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @soniawrite @novemberhill well hopefully mine will be out next year #litchat |
| JaneFriedman | Intel project sees each book as a community, w/many different levels of authorship/contribution, assuming publisher allows it. #LitChat |
| LitChat | @JaneFriedman Do you know if they will develop proprietary hardware for reading new format? #LitChat |
| soniawrite | @21stCscribe @novemberhill #litchat which books? got a recommendation? |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill why do we have to mimic or even tell stories in conventional/ trad way? #litchat |
| novemberhill | I have considered that my connected novels could be linked so reader could follow a character link to different book. #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | A3: Gets complicated. Who’s the author? Who holds copyright? Does it matter? (Yes) Does anyone care… #litchat #LitChat |
| JaneFriedman | Intel project will be completely open source, so any publisher/author could make use of it. Not proprietary. Huge win for everyone. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @soniawrite @novemberhill BS Johnson “The Unfortunates” #litchat |
| novemberhill | We don’t have to – I may be stuck doing that myself but wld love to see what others do that is new and different! #LitChat |
| LitChat | How much involvement will readers have in writing process and final product (to the extent there is a “final” book)? (Friedman) #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | in my digital novel project, would like to crowdsource art works for it on the book’s theme #litchat |
| novemberhill | Need to say that I am getting somewhat overwhelmed with this new chat program – not following it as easily as tweetchat… #LitChat |
| LitChat | Q4 How much involvement will readers have in writing process & final product (to extent there is a “final” book)? (Friedman) #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | A3: Possibly we will eventually find that a new definition of ‘reading’ emerges. Instead of merely reading, we immerse like gamers. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | A4 None for me. I know how hard it is to write novels. I am a passive consumer, for entertainment only. You work – I read. #litchat |
| novemberhill | I can see my teenagers immersing like gamers. I am dinosaur. Have never played computer game, ever. #LitChat |
| LitChat | @novemberhill Give it time. It’s easy to follow when your eyes adjust to the different look. #LitChat |
| JaneFriedman | Q4 Feels like reader involvement will be driven by genre at first. Already see good examples of this in NF, happening w/fan-fic. #litchat |
| palefacewriter | A4: I’ve thought of the new age process as kind of an unending, perpetually changing, story unfolding. #litchat #LitChat |
| LitChat | RT @novemberhill I can see my teenagers immersing like gamers. I am dinosaur. Have never played computer game, ever. #LitChat |
| rcmogo | A4 – hopefully not much. There’s online software for collaborative story writing, probably shouldn’t apply to published fiction #LitChat |
| novemberhill | @LitChat Will do. 🙂 Apologizing in advance for clunkiness today. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | I’ve seen immersion books for children, and appreciated the appeal – to children. #litchat |
| agnieszkasshoes | @LitChat A4 I imagine it will be very like ancient oral communities each creating their own versions of stories #litchat |
| JaneFriedman | Q4 Right now, it takes great effort to promote reader-writer interaction in the development of a book. Need better tools/platform #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | I’m more interested in the look of a digital text, the way you can drill down to the level of typography for example #litchat |
| GLHancock | @JaneFriedman Maybe many other readers are like me – don’t want to participate but to enjoy the end product only! #litchat |
| novemberhill | @21stCscribe Love the idea of crowdsourcing art for a book. #LitChat |
| ampersand_h | Kindle or print version? #litchat #books |
| 21stCscribe | think about if Jennifer Egan’s “…Goon squad” was online & really did have a Powerpoint presentation Chapter! #litchat |
| Midnyghtskie | Just stumbled across #Litchat, I’m so excited.. though waaaay behind. 🙂 |
| richmagahiz | @LitChat A4 Maybe more on the business side than on the actual writing side. Think Kickstarter-like process for greenlighting #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | A4: Maybe a writer could audition potential contributors before granting access to project. Oh..is that elitist? =;-) #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill any maybe other aspects too, just not thought of them yet relevant to the book #litchat |
| Pendare | YES! RT @GLHancock @JaneFriedman Maybe many other readers are like me-don’t want to participate but to enjoy the end product only! #LitChat |
| robynmcintyre | A4: As much or as little as the author wants them to, I suppose. #LitChat |
| SheanaOchoa | @LitChat @JaneFriedman Do you think interactivity heightens or diminishes critical thinking as a literary tradition? #litchat |
| GLHancock | RT @ampersand_h Kindle or print version? / Of what? #litchat |
| palefacewriter | Have any of you experimented with collaborations with other writers? #litchat #LitChat |
| richmagahiz | @palefacewriter Only in poetry #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @SheanaOchoa @LitChat @JaneFriedman Well, I, for one, do love footnotes, end notes, author notes, metameta. #litchat |
| novemberhill | @palefacewriter I have collaborated with illustrator. Very cool to use apps to make collaborating easier. #LitChat |
| LitChat | Author & former Disney artist @AurelioObrien created an interactive site for GENeration eXtraTERrestial: http://t.co/GouruyQtht #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @palefacewriter no, but other types of artists #litchat |
| palefacewriter | I tried a short story once with five others. Then we did a public reading and humiliated ourselves. Humility is a virtue? #litchat #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @palefacewriterI have enough trouble getting along with myself and clients. Collaboration brings shudders! #litchat |
| novemberhill | @palefacewriter LOL! #LitChat |
| LitChat | No apologies necessary. Yr insights are great. RT @novemberhill @LitChat Will do. 🙂 Apologizing in advance for clunkiness today. #LitChat |
| JaneFriedman | @SheanaOchoa Interactivity typically involves collaborating, moderating, creating, questioning – which involve critical thinking? #litchat |
| rcmogo | @SheanaOchoa Depends on the type of interactivity – but as a rule, I think interactivity makes anything less passive. #LitChat |
| druchunas | @palefacewriter I am finishing up a book with a coauthor and have another series with a different coauthor/cocreator. #litchat |
| LitChat | RT @rcmogo @SheanaOchoa Depends on the type of interactivity – but as a rule, I think interactivity makes anything less passive. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @JaneFriedman I do like the idea of collaboration in fine-tuning a book. It’s amazing what others can see that a writer misses. #litchat |
| novemberhill | Interesting thought – I never think of myself when reading a great novel as being “passive.” Nothing abt the experience is passive. #LitChat |
| rcmogo | Less passive 🙂 #LitChat |
| druchunas | @JaneFriedman I don’t want reader interaction in the creation of my books. They are my art / products. #litchat |
| palefacewriter | RT @druchunas: @JaneFriedman I don’t want reader interaction in the creation of my books. They are my art / products. #litchat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @novemberhill I pretty much agree, but I do love seeing reader feedback. #LitChat |
| rcmogo | @druchunas What about in the pre-published stages of your books? #LitChat |
| robynmcintyre | @novemberhill That’s what I think. #LitChat |
| novemberhill | Yes. RT @druchunas I don’t want reader interaction in the creation of my books. They are my art / products. #LitChat |
| Pendare | @Arzooman_Edit ABSOLUTELY. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | Most authors can benefit from collaborating with professional editors and proofreaders. #litchat |
| SheanaOchoa | @JaneFriedman Rephrasing: how might it affect the imagination lit up by the experience/leisure of reading in solitude? #litchat |
| novemberhill | Getting feedback from readers before publishing is a given for me. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @LitChat oh, thanks. Just logged in! (I’m back at my home computer) #litchat |
| WheelhouseEdits | Retweet! Retweet! Retweet! RT @GLHancock: Most authors can benefit from collaborating with professional editors and proofreaders. #litchat |
| gmcgarv | Retweet! Retweet! Retweet! RT @GLHancock: Most authors can benefit from collaborating with professional editors and proofreaders. #litchat |
| druchunas | @palefacewriter yuck. I am completely immersed in reading. I don’t find additional media enhances the experience. It’s distracting. #litchat |
| richmagahiz | @druchunas @JaneFriedman The only visual artists okay with people scribbling on their art are some graffiti radicals #LitChat |
| LitChat | RT @GLHancock Most authors can benefit from collaborating with professional editors and proofreaders. #litchat #LitChat |
| Pendare | @novemberhill I’m fiercely possessive of my stories. And nobody ain’t gonna mess with my writing! #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @druchunas I only like graphics and the occasional SHORT video. Long videos, forget it. But sources–Definitely. #litchat #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @druchunas Ditto! In fact, that’s what I said earlier. Thanks for your support! #litchat |
| novemberhill | @Pendare I absolutely value the author’s distinctive voice. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Pendare @novemberhill interactive does not necessarily mean the reader is part writing your story #litchat |
| novemberhill | Am now envisioning the digital book version of playing albums backwards. 🙂 #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @Pendare I am possessive once i’m sure the story is done and I’m happy. Will take suggestions during creative process. #litchat #LitChat |
| rcmogo | Regarding collaboration and story writing, I think most writers seek out opinions and ideas during story creation. #LitChat |
| LitChat | Q5 How can authors and publishers expect remuneration from interactive book? Are subscriptions to books on the horizon? #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | Well, what about music to enhance something like spoken word? I use regularly and find the process creatively motivating. #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit try this for size – 275 words, 3 mins video, different type of narrative #litchat http://t.co/StJTC5wStz |
| richmagahiz | @21stCscribe @Pendare @novemberhill Think about how The French Lieutenant’s Woman was written with three endings #LitChat |
| GLHancock | The only suggestions I’d want would be from fellow professionals, not feedback from potential purchasers. Feed me the ca$h! #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @palefacewriter pproblem is copyright of music #litchat |
| rcmogo | A5 Subscriptions seem to be lot more popular these days! #LitChat |
| JaneFriedman | @SheanaOchoa Sounds like a Q for a researcher. But this isn’t an either/or debate, reading coexists with interaction. #litchat |
| palefacewriter | I write the music. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | I think 3 minute video (if you’re reading) is too long. #litchat #LitChat |
| novemberhill | @richmagahiz Oh, great example. I had forgotten that. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit there’s no reading as such #litchat try it! |
| Pendare | @richmagahiz You’re right! #LitChat |
| richmagahiz | @novemberhill Well Fowles wrote that quite a while ago #LitChat |
| novemberhill | @richmagahiz Yes, long while ago. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | A5 At least 4 experiments in subscription services are now going. #litchat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @21stCscribe not during a #litchat, but thanks. #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | @21stCscribe …I guess that’s collaborating with myself, lol! #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill I like that idea! #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @palefacewriter yes if you have the added skills why not? #litchat |
| GLHancock | A5 Remuneration can be as varied as it is today. Is there anything new on the horizon @LitChat ? #litchat |
| richmagahiz | @LitChat A5 Maybe you get the basic book (possibly free) but have to pay for remixes and mashups. Or vice versa #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit I meant after the chat! 🙂 #litchat Just think much of current thinking is too limited, trying new media 4 old narratives |
| palefacewriter | A5: Contracts 101? Know what you’re expectations are before you begin seems like a good idea/ #litchat #LitChat |
| novemberhill | Subscription to book-in-progress – get rough draft, edits, etc. Interesting. I would pay to do that w/ much-admired writers. #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | *your #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @21stCscribe do you mean storytelling is limited? #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | My digital online novel will be subscription. only way to menthes it #litchat |
| soniawrite | @21stCscribe @novemberhill #litchat thanks! |
| Arzooman_Edit | @novemberhill I don’t know if I would. I would have to REALLY love them. #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit the way people are conceptualising it for new digital media right now is yes #litchat |
| GLHancock | Is Amazon still doing that thing where you subscribe and they dribble out a story over weeks or months? Weird, I think! #litchat |
| novemberhill | I’m thinking Michael Ondaatge and Barbara Kingsolver. Would love to see their process. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit we seem to be talking about interactive editing and beta reading. It can be waaay more than that #litchat |
| novemberhill | @21stCscribe Yes, you’re right. I am just not thinking far enough outside the box. #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | A5: I would not subscribe to books, but I suppose it’s possible that many readers would consider this option if available. #litchat #LitChat |
| novemberhill | Creaky brain. 🙂 #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill well it’;s hard because there are no horizons, people falling off the edge of the world or getting vertigo! #litchat |
| Arzooman_Edit | I’m for all kinds of art to convey a message, but I’m more into words for myself because that’s what I was trained in. #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | why would you merely translate a block print from page to screen? Make it non-linear, tell diff type of story on screen #litchat |
| novemberhill | I am still wowed by Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet – 4 POVs on same story. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | I’m always looking at art that I love and thinking of ways to collaborate on a book with an artist. #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit but words remain the centre of the art #litchat |
| JaneFriedman | @SheanaOchoa Of course- I think main thing that’s forgotten is reading as solitary activity is fairly new, came w/wide literacy #litchat |
| LitChat | At Carnegie Mellon University, a project is underway: SIX-DEGREES OF FRANCIS BACON, REASSEMBLING THE EARLY MODERN SOCIAL NETWORK. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | If it’s created with words, yes … #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @novemberhill One of my undergrad college days’ faves! #litchat |
| richmagahiz | @LitChat Ernest Cline put together a music playlist to go with Ready Player One. Maybe this can become more popular #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit did you see Foer’s “Sea of Trees”? #litchat |
| palefacewriter | A5: Marketing personnel are no doubt working variables out as we participate here. I’d be interested in the suggestions. #litchat #LitChat |
| LitChat | Link to the CMU SIX DEGREES OF FRANCIS BACON: http://t.co/6bmlsFKWVS #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @21stCscribe no, what is it? #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit personally words are all I have. But can still do different things with them as building blocks. #litchat |
| novemberhill | @GLHancock Still one of my all-time faves. Love love love it. #LitChat |
| LitChat | Twitter feed for SIX DEGREES OF FRANCIS BACON: @6bacon. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @richmagahiz @LitChat my previous novel has a DJ & all the songs he plays are on a spottily playlist the novel links to #litchat |
| novemberhill | The reason I read is because of the way the words are put together by the writer. That will never change for me. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit it’s a novel that is highly visual in that sections of pages are cut out, giving into view future sentences etc #litchat |
| Pendare | RT @novemberhill The reason I read is because of the way the words are put together by the writer. That will never change for me. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | @21stCscribe I am interested, but part of me keeps hearing, “A good novel isn’t enough anymore” #litchat. #LitChat |
| LitChat | Q6 The @6bacon project seeks to assemble early social networks. What kind of early social networks might they study? #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | @novemberhill Agreed. =;-) #LitChat |
| GLHancock | Not sure I’d want someone else’s music preferences inserted into my mind while reading. Like what I like! #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill but all we are saying is digital offers new & diverse ways of putting those words together on a screen #litchat |
| novemberhill | I wouldn’t dare read any kind of interactive spin on a novel I have previously read and dearly loved. #LitChat |
| LitChat | RT @novemberhill The reason I read is because of the way the words are put together by the writer. That will never change for me. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit well Foer has a reputation as a decent novelist… #litchat My disappointment was that he basically adapted pre-existing book |
| GLHancock | If I want to listen to music while I read, I turn on what I like to hear. #litchat |
| palefacewriter | A6: ICQ maybe? #litchat #LitChat |
| Pendare | @GLHancock If the music on the playlist wasn’t to my liking, I wouldn’t read the book! #LitChat |
| druchunas | @LitChat @rcmogo @SheanaOchoa reading is not at all passive. Page turning is interactivity. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @Pendare you won’t like my book then! #litchat |
| Arzooman_Edit | I do have Jodi Picoult’s “Sing You Home,” which has a CD you’re supposed to play w the book. Haven’t had time yet… #litchat #LitChat |
| LitChat | I think they mean earlier than that. 🙂 RT @palefacewriter A6: ICQ maybe? #litchat #LitChat |
| novemberhill | @21stCscribe Yes, I know. I would love to see stellar examples. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @Arzooman_Edit I can’t actually read when music is playing #litchat |
| Pendare | @21stCscribe Sowwy! #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | A6: like the partyline? lol #LitChat |
| GLHancock | Early networks? Like campfires, church choir pactice, camp meetings, seances? Or BBS, forums, mailists? #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @Pendare no problem #litchat |
| SheanaOchoa | Lol”@druchunas: @LitChat @rcmogo @SheanaOchoa reading is not at all passive. Page turning is interactivity. #litchat” |
| richmagahiz | @21stCscribe @Arzooman_Edit It can be hard to write when there’s music with words going on #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill well a non-fiction example is Kafka’s Wound – just google it #litchat |
| Arzooman_Edit | It’s supposed to enhance the story, one character is a songwriter. I’m not sure, you might have to pause your reading. #litchat #LitChat |
| novemberhill | But of new work to me – at least initially. #LitChat |
| richmagahiz | @GLHancock I was thinking of whether there were brothel-based Elizabethan social networks #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @richmagahiz @Arzooman_Edit see I can write to music, but not read or edit #litchat |
| novemberhill | @21stCscribe Okay, I will check it out. #LitChat |
| palefacewriter | Music… sometimes when I travel by air I play AC/DC or Bob Marley while reading. My preference to sniffing/chatter. =;-) #litchat #LitChat |
| Pendare | @21stCscribe It’s classical all the way for me — which I also have on when writing. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | I can sometimes write with a lot of noise, but hardly with just a little bit of noise. #litchat. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @richmagahiz UK has long history of men’s clubs for all levels of society. #litchat |
| 21stCscribe | @richmagahiz 18th century writing in tea rooms & literary societies there #litchat |
| palefacewriter | With headphones, of course. Wouldn’t want anyone else to be disturbed by my habits. #litchat #LitChat |
| novemberhill | Usually I listen to my playlists as a way to get into the story. Not so much while I’m writing. #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | Seems it’s time to go. my LitCat keeps interrupting my #litchat. #LitChat |
| richmagahiz | @Pendare @21stCscribe But if the book is about punk anarchists classical might not be the most appropriate accompaniment #LitChat |
| GLHancock | I pretty much go deaf when I’m working. #litchat |
| novemberhill | @Arzooman_Edit Ha!! Love it. #LitChat |
| novemberhill | But the songs are picked specifically for the story I’m writing. #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @richmagahiz @Pendare yeah I choose a soundtrack selection for each book & stick to it rigidly #litchat |
| palefacewriter | @Arzooman_Edit Meow Disturbance? #litchat #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @novemberhill me too #litchat |
| Pendare | @GLHancock Me too. Comes from tuning out four small boys! #LitChat |
| Arzooman_Edit | Nice chatting. Glad I was able to use Nurph; it was so much easier to tweet! I’ll try to make the next one. #litchat #LitChat |
| GLHancock | Needing to hear certain music to write smacks of needing “emotional support” to be a writer. I’m just sayin’ #litchat |
| palefacewriter | A bientot, @Arzooman_Edit! #LitChat |
| LitChat | What a blazing session of #litchat thanks to all of your brilliant minds. We’re going to submit the archive to #beyondthebook. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @Pendare For me, tho, it means I don’t hear dryer ding, washer end, doorbell … #litchat |
| Pendare | @21stCscribe Mind you, when writing the WWII memoir, I did listen to all the appropriate music of the war years. #LitChat |
| novemberhill | Terrific chat today – thanks for introducing me to nurph. Got to run get daughter from driver’s ed! #LitChat |
| 21stCscribe | @GLHancock no, it’s about the rhythm or the setting #litchat |
| palefacewriter | Thanks for sharing your thoughts, #litchat ers! Out… #LitChat |
| soniawrite | Great chat! Wish I could have been here for all of it. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @21stCscribe “needing” anything not between your ears sounds like a deficit to me #litchat |
| LitChat | Sending up a shout of THANKS to @JaneFriedman for stopping in today. She’s a beacon of light in this murky publishing climate. #LitChat |
| Pendare | RT @LitChat Sending up a shout of THANKS to @JaneFriedman for stopping in She’s a beacon of light in this murky publishing climate #LitChat |
| Adult_ADHD_Blog | @LitChat @JaneFriedman She sure is! ‘Was a huge help to @Jeff_Emmerson (me) 🙂 #LitChat |
| LitChat | Come back for WritingWednesday when we discus KILLING THE CLICHES. #LitChat |
| GLHancock | RT @LitChat Sending up a shout of THANKS to @JaneFriedman for stopping in today. .. #litchat |
| richmagahiz | @GLHancock @21stCscribe Then needing coffee is a widespread deficit among writers #LitChat |
| StoryStudio | RT @LitChat: Come back for WritingWednesday when we discus KILLING THE CLICHES. #LitChat |
| Pendare | @LitChat That sounds like a great subject. Looking forward to it! #LitChat |
| GLHancock | @richmagahiz Pretty sure coffee is addictive substance. #litchat |
| GLHancock | RT @LitChat Come back for WritingWednesday when we discus KILLING THE CLICHES./Ooo that’s a great topic for #writing #litchat |
| Pendare | Bye all. #LitChat |
| LitChat | Let’s welcome new voices: @Arzooman_Edit @rcmogo @druchunas @palefacewriter. We’re here MWF, 4-5pmET. http://t.co/6EsesNfJPi #LitChat |
| LitChat | See you on Friday when actress & author Kathryn Leigh Scott @Dark_Passages joins us to discuss DOWN & OUT IN BEVERLY HEELS. #LitChat |
| LitChat | RT @chriswhitewrite: .#LitChat @6Bacon Hellfire Clubs (or just gentleman’s clubs in general.) The Mohoks, maybe… |
| 21stCscribe | if anyone from #litchat wants to see a possibility for the new digital fiction, here’s a 3 min video story http://t.co/vyRufkjFpk |