For your class semester project, due December 11, you will create a work of digital literature, including a reflection on your creative process in the context of things we’ve discussed in class. Specifically:

3-5 pages (or equivalent) consisting of your digital object
2-4 pages (or equivalent) consisting of your reflection—what I’m calling your “manifesto“

The digital literary work you create can be just about anything, as long as it is both digital and fictional (including poetry).  To make things easier, you might want to work in a genre we covered in class: hypertext, digital poetry, interactive fiction, the MOO, flog, and fiction wiki (fwiki?).

Here’s the breakdown for these genres:

• hypertext: 3-5 pages of hypertext (at least 250 words each page), 2-4 pages of manifesto (at least 500 words total)
• digital poetry: 3-5 pages (or screens) of poetry (at least 50 words each page), 2-4 pages of manifesto (at least 500 words total)
• flog: 3-5 entries (at least 250 words each page), 2-4 entries of manifesto (at least 500 words total)
• fiction wiki: 3-5 pages (at least 250 words each page), 2-4 pages of manifesto (at least 500 words total)
• MOO: 10 objects (including rooms) with detailed descriptions; one of these objects will be your manifesto (at least 500 words total).
• interactive fiction: 10 commands (a question and answer pair), a “cheat” (map of how to “win”), and within the “game” a text that is your manifesto (at least 500 words total).

These are bare minimums. You can do more pages/screens/entries/objects/commands if you like.

If you would like to create a project that is not in a genre listed above, that is fine, but you need to consult me about details and expectations.

For your manifesto: you will briefly describe your project in the context of the genre you have chosen to work in (How does it represent that genre? Is it a creative departure from that genre?). You will also need to situate your project in the context of class concepts, readings, lecture, and discussion (e.g. How does your project use media? What does it do with multimedia? How interactive is it? Does it create a sense of immersion? Does it use database capability, i.e. can you search or query it?)

Your work of digital literature should be as completed as possible when you turn it in. That is, it must fulfill the requirements above. If you would like to continue working on your project after you turn it in, you may of course do so.

As I mentioned in class, group projects are acceptable. The groups, however, should be no bigger than three people. And the group project should include some kind of report that shows in detail who did what (this is in addition to the project manifesto).

Please send me the final project to me in the form of an email attachment or a URL. Once again, it is due December 11 (by midnight).