Serious Interactive Fiction: Constraints, Interfaces, and Creative Writing Pedagogy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2019

Publication Title

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

ISSN

2474-2937

Abstract

To better understand how serious interactive fiction (IF) fits into creative writing pedagogy, we first consider how interface offers both affordances and constraints to the writer. Second, we discuss the ways teaching serious IF foregrounds the benefit of digital tools for creative writing. Third, we examine the interrelationship among research, interface, and procedural rhetoric. Fourth, we present findings from our research study by summarizing and discussing examples from roundtable feedback. We focus on students’ perception of serious IF’s affordances, concluding with how serious IF provides productive constraints for creative writing practice.

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Journal of Creative Writing Studies is a peer reviewed, open access journal.

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