NDLI: Reading and writing fluid Hypertext Narratives

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Zellweger, Polle T. Newman, Paula Mangen, Anne
Abstract	We describe a new way to present and author hypertext narratives. The Fluid Reader constructs a unified interactive text from the content of multiple nodes and allows a reader to explore alternative paths within it. The Fluid Reader has been available as a hands-on museum exhibit for nearly a year to date, where it has been enjoyed by readers of all ages. Its success has prompted further interest and development in Fluid hypertexts. We have designed and implemented an authoring tool called the Fluid Writer that uses a new treetable visualization to help authors construct and manage alternative paths in a Fluid hypertext. Finally, an exploration of the narrative implications of Fluid hypertext suggests that it may be more suitable than conventional hypertext for formulaic fictions such as mystery stories.
Starting Page	45
Ending Page	54
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1581134770
DOI	10.1145/513338.513353
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2002-06-11
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Authoring Visualization Fluid documents Hypertext narrative Treetable Fluid reader Fluid hypertext Stretchtext Fluid writer
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Reading and writing fluid Hypertext Narratives