Write one hypertext of 1200 to 1500 words, and post it to your web page. You should include at least seven linked screens in your hypertext, and offer the reader at least two ways of navigating through your work.

Your final individual hypertext should relate in some definable way to the work (reading and writing) undertaken in this class. An introductory screen (or screens) of c. 200 - 250 words (in total) should explain the specific relationship of your creation to the work of the class.

You may write fiction or non-fiction or a hybrid of both. In your hypertext, you may mix prose, poetry, and other forms of writing:-

letters,
postcards
shopping lists
e-mails
chat exchanges
overheard conversations
college essays
songs
other languages (foreign and programming)
direct quotations from other authors (with a source reference, please)
quotations from movies and TV

But the reading experience should reach coherence, even if it never touches closure.

Use the themes and language of the hypertexts as a springboard, or develop a narrative style based on those you have experienced. Experiment with visuals (but remember to meet the word limit).

Remember

If you use quotations from any form of writing or visual medium, you must give a source (and a link to the source if it is online).

If you are using artwork other than your own, you must gain permission of the original artist or the owner of the copyright. The only time you are exempted from gaining that permission is if you are using that artwork as part of an analysis in an educational setting.

For example, if you use someone else's artwork as pure decoration, you must have her/his permission. If you are using it to prove a particular point within an academic context, you may use it, with an acknowledgment, and with a source reference.

the syllabus     the texts     the journals    
the assignments     the presentations
hypertext bookshelf      hypertext writing

Lesley Smith, November 1999