Setting up Your Blog and Hyptertext Posts

Blog Setup and Hypertext Entry

             Last class, we discussed Hypertext Fiction, a type of narrative that has existed since the early 1900s in textual form and that has grown and flourished in the digital age and with the capabilities that it allows.  This class session will require you to utilize some of these capabilities on your own as you begin to set up the blog from the perspective of your chosen character. 

Process:

1. Choose the blog site you want to use
1. http://www.blogger.com/
2. www.wordpress.com
3. www.opensalon.com

                                                              i.      Save this as a last resort.  It will not allow you the same kind of design capabilities as the other sites.  It will also not allow you enough space to write a biography for your character.

2. Fill in the basic information for the blog using the information that you researched for your character sketch.  (If you have not completed your character sketch or your I-Remember exercises, it will be difficult for you to complete these exercises). 
1. Fill in background information that is appropriate for your character.
2. Provide a photograph that is appropriate for your character.
3. List interests that fit with those of your character
4. Follow other blogs that your character would be likely to follow.
5. Use a blog template that your character would be likely to use.

etc., etc., etc.

3. Adapt one of your writing pieces
1. Choose one of your I-Remember exercises

                                                              i.      Pick one that is well developed and that you like

2. Find some words or phrases to turn into links

                                                              i.      Link to appropriate sites that relate to what your character is saying

                                                            ii.      Make this something meaningful.  Your goal is to add an additional layer of meaning and to create a winding narrative. 

3. Add appropriate pictures and videos to better get across your character’s message.

Due:  By the end of class today, December 1^st

Requirements:

*Thoroughly complete the process listed above.

*Write in the voice of your character.  Write something that is well developed (you may want to add onto what you wrote for the I-Remember exercises). 

*Use elements of hypertext narratives (as briefly touched upon in #3) in order to create a second layer of meaning.   

*Use the conventional standards for written English (though you may need to deviate to write authentically in the voice of your character).