The Story from Hear
5-day creative retreat (Aug 24-29, 2018) on the power of sound, listening, and place-based audio storytelling, at Hollyhock, Canada's...
An isolated settlement, a charismatic cult leader, and a dominatrix...
I've spent my weekend immersed in 1928 Nanaimo. Brother XII, the infamous "Devil of Decourcy Island" has been the subject of my most...
Hidden Pasts - Digital Futures: Festival of Immersive Arts
You know that great feeling when something you have been planning for a LONG time finally comes to fruition? That describes the feeling I...
Flour. Water. Salt. Repeat.
I have been meaning to blog about this project, BREAD, for awhile now. In the era of gluten-free everything, my confession is that I LOVE...
From Screen to Stage
In her article for The Dissolve, Tasha Robinson expresses concern over the "lonely" or solitary aspects of the new interactive digital...
Turning the Journalistic Triangle Upside Down
So we're all familiar with the inverted triangle of journalistic storytelling: Headline at the tip top, followed by lede highlighting key...
Technology imitating story imitating technology...
Reading this story in the Daily Mirror, I got the distinct sense that I was looking into one of those clever optical illusion paintings...
Consider the role of place and time in your story.
What is the terroire of your project? This is something that interactive writers need to consider carefully. The internet, like radio,...
BLOG - INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING
This is the place where I share my thoughts on world events, community issues, stories from the inter-webs. It's also a place to talk...
Insist on strong character
No matter what the technological bells and whistles, what draws people in is a good story, with characters they can relate to. Narrative...
