Intersections of blogs and fiction
Fiction and hoaxes are
On a spectrum of truth, openness, and secrecy with no clear ethical line
On a spectrum of depth, thickness, messiness
- Original fiction blogged by author
- Novel chapters, stories
- Blog as your novel's main character
- RPG in-character group blogs - Silicon Valley Slayers
- Personal blogging as fictionalized memoir. Truth with a few details changed.
- Identity experiments
- (in book publishing: JT Leroy, Nasidjj)
- essjay, Wikipedia editor/ theology professor persona
- Hoaxes
- Satire (Kat Herding)
- Mixtures of truth and fiction (Zellar, magical realism, alternate reality)
- Infiltration (msscribe, sockpuppet complexes)
- theater-like creations (lonelygirl15)
- Benjamin Franklin's advice column
- Marketing
- Product promotion (the infamous psp2 blog)
- Fake reviews. EU law against falsely representing as consumer
- Authors
- Publishers
- Movies
*Fanfic
- Complexity, multiplicity, many diverging stories
- Intersections of fictional universes
- Developed its own literary conventions, techniques, criticism
- RPGs offline, online
- fiction moving towards the ludic. Ludology. Play and interaction.
- collaborative worldbuilding, fantasy/sf history
- social contract between players. goal of play.
- OOC <---> IC flow
Ideas to keep in mind:
Social contracts, consensuality, fanfic warnings
Authenticity violations
Postmodern construction of identity, authenticity
We are capable of deep relationships to fictional characters
Multiple instances of a persona or a character are possible and good
Depth of world-building
Lessons to learn from alternate reality, role-playing games, larps
Establish deep online presence. Sleepers and moles.
Networks of fictional, historical characters in relation to each other & us
Corporations, governments, are and will be doing this.
If you're [http://www.thenewpr.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?pagename=AntiAstroturfing.HomePageastroturfing] or a sockpuppet, you'll be caught eventually. "Name and shame."
So keep it consensual.
And do it with artistry and style so you don't get mocked.
Hire novelists, role-playing gamers, and bloggers as professional identity-constructors and world-constructors.
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