The Road To The Road To HyperfictionHyperfiction

Forms of Literature: New Forms of Literature: New MediaMedia

Megan BenischekMegan Benischek

The Starting lineThe Starting line

Any Bright Ideas Any Bright Ideas on where you on where you might end up? might end up?

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Which way to turn?Which way to turn?

Like a roadmap with Like a roadmap with several different several different highways and roads, highways and roads, hyperfiction has hyperfiction has several different several different links that lead you links that lead you to different lexias.to different lexias.

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It’s my way or the It’s my way or the highwayhighway

Sometimes there Sometimes there is only one way is only one way to go…maybe to go…maybe you hit a dead you hit a dead end.end.

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How Many People Can a How Many People Can a Minivan Minivan REALLYREALLY Hold? Hold?

Hyperfiction can Hyperfiction can one character or one character or several several characters.characters.

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Break Time Anyone?Break Time Anyone?

Some Some hyperfictions take hyperfictions take hours, maybe hours, maybe even days to get even days to get through…and you through…and you still might not be still might not be finished.finished.

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You Want Some You Want Some Cookies?Cookies?

Some hyperfictions Some hyperfictions require serious require serious thought. After the thought. After the serious thought, you serious thought, you should feel a sense should feel a sense of accomplishment of accomplishment since you finished since you finished the task at handthe task at hand..

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World’s largest ball of World’s largest ball of yarn? I’m there!yarn? I’m there!

Detours can also Detours can also be found in be found in hyperfiction. hyperfiction. Allowing you to Allowing you to get to your get to your destination, but it destination, but it sometimes may sometimes may take longer than take longer than expected.expected.

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Um…I think we already Um…I think we already passed that…passed that… Some hyperfiction’s Some hyperfiction’s

have links that take have links that take you back to places you back to places that you have seen that you have seen before. Some use before. Some use them for effect, them for effect, others just to mess others just to mess with you.with you.

We Are Going Home …We Are Going Home …NOWNOW

The nice thing about hyperfiction The nice thing about hyperfiction is that you can always start over is that you can always start over and work your way though again, and work your way though again,

if you think you missed if you think you missed something. something.

Compare and ContrastCompare and Contrast

HyperfictionHyperfiction Several outcomes on Several outcomes on

where you can end up.where you can end up. Different events happen Different events happen

along the wayalong the way You may never reach You may never reach

your destinationyour destination Might reach a different Might reach a different

outcome than expected.outcome than expected. Tells a story.Tells a story.

Road Map/TripRoad Map/Trip Several outcomes on Several outcomes on

where you can end up.where you can end up. Different events happen Different events happen

along the way.along the way. You most likely will You most likely will

reach your destination, reach your destination, because you will return because you will return home. home.

Might reach a different Might reach a different outcome than expected.outcome than expected.

Is a story along the way. Is a story along the way.

Questions, comments, Questions, comments, Complaints?Complaints?

Works CitedWorks Cited

http://faculty.kirkwood.edu/senglish/http://faculty.kirkwood.edu/senglish/newmedialit newmedialit

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