Narrative and Weblogs: the Blognovel

Diego writes "A few days ago I started Plan B -- a blognovel as a way of exploring the narrative constraints created by a weblog, and whether it is at all possible to use it as an artistic medium to produce interesting work. It also presents some interesting challenges on the UI side: what kind of navigation to use besides the basic calendar navigation of the blog? How could it be made obvious that it's not intended to replace print or even ebooks? I thought the slashdot community would have a lot useful things to say about all of these issues. I've also put together a short intro page and a FAQ that I think will be useful to start the conversation: What is Plan B? and the Plan B FAQ."

Comments

Re:when did the blog...

[dev0n]

rebecca blood wrote a very good essay on the history of weblogs that you may want to check out. she's since authored two books about blogging.

Re:Doesn't sound too well thought out.

[belloc]

by all accounts Mozart was like this - essentially a gibbering fool in life

If you think this, you are a gibbering fool, and you know nothing about the life of Mozart. There are lots of myths about Mozart; the "idiot savant" myth is merely one of many. Lord knows how they get started; certainly the movie "Amadeus" itself was responsible for fanning the flames of many of the extant myths.

Get your hands on some letters that Mozart wrote. Find a good, well-researched biography; there are lots out there. Most myths are spread by people who don't bother to read accurate histories. You'll see clearly that he certainly was no gibbering fool.

Belloc