public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tag fiction

11 November 2006

dream

tranquil animation with zen spirit; again, worth exploring narratives with a whole different time sense and way of making a point

Zen Koans - AshidaKim.com

by 4 others
zen koans help writers rethink narrative in another tradition of storytelling

Zensufi Park

Zen/sufi stories help those with writer's block or pinned down to traditional narrative arcs

06 November 2006

Comics and Zines by Kevin Huizenga

clever, about midwest life; some for sale, some online

03 November 2006

Electronic Literature Organization

by 1 other
some links to contemporary hypertext literature; information about and reviews of artists' DVDs

Jahsonic

wide ranging litblog with many interests, images, and links; includes interests in film, music and visual culture

02 November 2006

filmscreed

film blog with lots of images regularly posted

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas

Tameri Guide for Writers: Plot and Story

one page of a larger, useful site for writers; this page covers what a screenwriter thinks about to construct a spine, here called plot, or basic story idea; it is the central task for the writer

01 November 2006

U B U W E B

by 28 others
"independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts"; lots on experimental film

31 October 2006

if:book

by 3 others
a blog from the Institute for the Future of the Book, where much interesting work on screen reading and publication is going on

23 October 2006

Self Publishing Blog: 101 Resources for Self Published Writers

tips for creative folks looking for story ideas, fiction or non fiction; links to many sites that stimulate writing

21 October 2006

STORYTRON - Interactive Storytelling

Software for something between a game and literary hypertext. "Storytronics uses Verbs to define what may happen in interactive storytelling. Each Verb represents one possible dramatic action, like a kiss, a demand, or an advice." Looks like fun.

19 October 2006

Introduction to Genre Theory

by Daniel Chandler--the major theoretical concept that ties film/tv and literature together.

16 October 2006

Cinema=Jean-Luc Godard=Cinema

by 1 other
site with many links to online essays about Godard

Hypercrit

blog about relation between hypertext theory and theories of authorship

15 October 2006

MRQE - Movie Review Query Engine

search engine for Internet film and DVD reviews

11 October 2006

SOS: Searching Out Stories - Story-Lovers

exhaustive list of stories, news articles that suggest stories; my favorite: "ANIMALS, BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, FISH and INSECTS – stories, folklore and facts"

Types of Stories for the Telling

useful for writers and teachers; screenwriters will find a lot of basic story types to exploit

10 October 2006

09 October 2006

06 October 2006

Tech Head Stories

big list of links for many aspects of digital storytelling; regularly updated

The Hero's Three-Part Journey

different versions of this mythological structure, often used by screenwriters; somewhat male-oriented