ENGL 303: Multimedia Writing

Good article explaining what authors support/don't support fanfic, and their stipulations for fans writing about their work.

The network associated with my other link for 10,000 birds.

This is one of many forums on this site where individuals can post entries with text and images and can receive comments. All forums are very nature oriented.

This website looks into anonymity becoming published by Frank Warren into books

A collection of different styles of electronic literature

A series of photos with text and sound that tell of short story of a boy's time on Cape Cod.

I first read this story in the DA and it was very intriguing. A hospital in Iowa has allowed surgeons to start "tweeting" the process of their surgery to the patient's family members. It is an easy and efficient way to follow a patient's progress as they go under the knife. The patient's family in this article tracked the developments from a laptop computer in the hospital's waiting room. One of the daughter-in-laws even kept tabs from work. The surgeon sent more than 300 tweets over more than three hours from a computer outside the operating room. Over 700 people followed them, some even asking questions. This is a great way to get glimpse into an actual operating room. Iowa has not been the first hospital to use Twitter, others include Children's Medical Center in Dallas, which tweeted in May when a father donated a kidney to his son, and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where officials have tweeted about several surgeries since January. My question is, is could I use the "tweets" this surgeon is sending and write my own article about the operation? Are the surgeons' tweets copyrighted?

This is a website that Sandy introduced to me. Basically this man named Dene Grigar, created a 24 experimental project where he asked people to send him "tweets" to create one large collaborative story. With their permission, he was allowed to copy and paste specific "tweets" and arrange them into a novel on his "Project Blog". Over 85 stories were submitted by over 25 participants from five countries. This website and this project is the perfect example of collaborative art using multimedia.

This website is just an example of a writer who is currently releasing his novel on Twitter, by way of tweeting 140 characters at a time. He compares releasing his novel on Twitter as the equivalent to watching a short clip of a movie, before deciding to buy the entire thing. He feels by releasing 140 characters at a time, it will grab people's attention. This website demonstrates how not only is, Matt Stewart, releasing his novel via Twitter, but how other authors are deciding to do the same thing. Is releasing a novel via Twitter going to be the same as releasing the actual publish book in the bookstores? Does Stewart, along with the various other authors have rights to each of their "tweets"? How easy would it be to steal Stewart's novel, by simply copying and pasting all of his tweets into one large document. Is it novel protected from someone else stealing his ideas?

This website is basically just an article describing how an editor named Nick Douglas compiled together a book called, "Twitter Wit". This book is a collection of Twitters who tweeted him their wittiest "tweet". The wittiest tweets will be seen in this book. This article gives a small description about the book while also explaining how the contributors were given no royalties for having their "tweets" published, just given a free copy of the book. This brings up the question of, who does then get credit? Will editor Douglas and HarperCollins receive a profit off others "tweets", while the actual contributors receive nothing?

An article describing some of the first steps in web-based art and those who thought of it.

A show created on TV based on stories seen on Collegehumor.com and hosted by 2 of the websites correspondents.

A definition and historical look at Fan Fiction.

General fanfiction information. This site gives an exhaustive look at the idea behind the practice of fanfiction. It talks about issues from history, to genres, to legality. As it is written as a wiki, it is easy to understand.

Terms I should know for my project.

Terms I should know for my project. As with every piece of subculture, fanfiction has its own terminology which should be mastered in order to do a decent job of discussing the subject.

Home page for The Ultimate Celebrity Address & Phone Book! Providing celebrity addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and web addresses for celebrities of all types. Perfect for autograph collectors, radio stations, etc.

Eonline.com - The source for entertainment news, celebrity gossip and pictures. Get the latest fashion trends, TV, music and movie reviews, online video and more.

An article discussing the use of Fan Fiction as an Educational tool.

What can be learned from writing fan fiction and role-playing.