One form of writing that may inspire participation is “choose your own adventure.” These stories allow the readers to “write” a different story by choosing different paths. Because of this authors have to have a good outline/overview of their story. This gives them a good view of each event as it is added and makes for less edits later.
There are 3 online tools which were featured in a post by Richard Byrne at Free Tech for Teachers. The tools are: Twine, Inkle Writer, and Playfic. He has reviewed them individually, but this article compares their features.
Inkle Writer is the most forgiving for the non-outliner. Paragraphs are done as individual elements and connected together last. The other two need more pre-planning.
Playfic allows preview of the work and helps with logical choice making. It uses directional choices to move through the adventure. Here is a preview of its product. There are lots of game/stories at the site.
Twine’s elements look like sticky notes and this makes connections easier to see. The story is in HTML so it can be viewed in any browser.
Inkle Writer is the most forgiving for the non-outliner. Paragraphs are done as individual elements and connected together last. The other two need more pre-planning.
Playfic allows preview of the work and helps with logical choice making. It uses directional choices to move through the adventure. Here is a preview of its product. There are lots of game/stories at the site.
Twine’s elements look like sticky notes and this makes connections easier to see. The story is in HTML so it can be viewed in any browser.
A paper-less way to write...
Enjoy!
