HYPERTEXT: Hypertest
I have a clear advantage in discovering the change to writing style encountered by the writer in that I currently have not only my own writing to analyze but that of a fellow student in Steve Ersinghaus’ current Creative Writing session. We introduced both Storyspace and Hypertextopia to the class and I was happy to see that at least one student was bold enough to ‘hypertest’, that is, try out hypertext writing for herself. The best part is that this particular student has two pieces simultaneously up for workshop this week.
In reading first through the linear narrative story, I do find a bit of ‘dead space’ that could be edited out without losing the flow, and yet there seems to be a need for the transition in time and character to eliminate the possibility of a choppy reading.
The hypertext piece does allow for that choppiness–and yet, you know, it’s more lyrical in its concise statements per text box.
(gotta get back to this–the eggs and potatoes are boiling over!)
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