[Stylist] Chat Fiction

Fri Oct 5 11:51:32 UTC 2018

I read a story in Asimov's last issue that was a series of texts.  The chat room was discussing the aliens that had come to Earth and would it be OK if they helped babies sleep so that the parents could get some rest.  One of the chatters was one of the aliens posing as a mom.

Shawn

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Hi Sharon,
That would be fun, but it's not as exciting as that. It's just one author writing dialogue between people, in the form of text messages, to make it quick and easy to read.
Vejas

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> On 4 Oct 2018, at 21:01, Sharon Hooley via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I'm still a little confused.  In a chat fiction story, does one author take on all the characters with all sides of a dialog, or does it involve texting back and forth between one or more other authors, who each takes on a character with his/her part of the conversation? 
> Thanks for any input,
> 
> Sharon H.
> 
>> On Oct 4, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Sharon,
>> That does sound fun, but it's actually not us texting, it's the people in the story. For example, I read a romance chat fiction about two high-school students named Jay and Eileen. The text conversations are between Jay and Eileen and written in screen-play format with emojis. If people are interested in reading about them, they can select it on their chat fiction app.
>> Vejas
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>>> On 4 Oct 2018, at 10:52, Sharon Hooley via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> So, in using texting, are you actually carrying on a conversation with other real people, kind of like the ad liv game in which  the participants  go around the room adding to a story that one person started?  Is the only difference that it involves dialog? I think that could be fun!
>>> 
>>> I remember playing a party game in which someone gets a piece of paper that said things like, “He said,”  “She shouted.”  The rule is that no  one was allowed to look at the other responses.  I think it would be interesting to do this sort of thing via email, omitting the previous messages.  Or maybe we could look at previous messages and add to what how we would respond.  If the statements are short enough, we could simply type them in the subject so we don’t even need to open the message, which would be blank inside.
>>> 
>>> Rambling thoughts, huh?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 4, 2018, at 11:33 AM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Sharon,
>>>> Honestly, I'm not sure. I'd rather read a book in book form than read off a chat fiction app. However, a lot of chat fiction apps seem to be free, so this might appeal to someone who is very busy/short of money. Also, most chat fiction seems to either be in the horror (which I really don't care for) or romance (which can be a lot more interesting) genre. It seems like a relatively new phenomenon.
>>>> Vejas
>>>> 
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>>>>> On 4 Oct 2018, at 10:26, Sharon Hooley via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> You got me curious.  How is a chat fiction better than just the native text messaging app?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Curious George wants to learn that new trick. :)
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Oct 4, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>> I know it's been a very long time since I've posted on this list. 
>>>>>> The English department at my school forwarded students about a neat opportunity to create stories for a phone app, which are chat fiction. Apparently, this means that the communication between characters is mostly done by texting.
>>>>>> I've looked at a few chat fiction apps, and so far they don't really seem to be that accessible. I was wondering if anyone has heard of chat fiction or tried chat fiction apps?
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Vejas 
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