Well, actually specifically about writing, as part of interactive works. If anything, maybe the future of writing is in the scope of interactive media, and activities. Usually you'd consider video game writing to be THE example, but there's gamebooks and roleplaying games, as another example. Even a piece of art with a puzzle in the form of text is a form of interactive literature.
That's not a useful scope, though. You can claim that all art is interactive, because it requires you to take action in your mind to interpret and experience and/or understand the text, but I try to constrain the concept in the boundaries of something requiring at least either mental effort, or physical action, if not both.
Ah you want to be serious about this discussion....is this homework? *nudge* I was having a philosophical discussion, not constructing a paper etc.
Personally, I think what I say is the crux of it, All writing is interactive, but what you want to focus on is the future trends that interaction will take. That is your introduction or first chapter, depending on what it is you are wanting to write.
Uhn... I don't think conventional writing will ever die, but interactive writing is definitely growing...
Hmmmmmm... The scope and definition though? It's a bit too vague, I don't think I can answer that... I guess you can consider interactive writing as anything in which the decision-making of the story flow isn't limited to the production team?
@Femme Fatale Not doing a paper, but a personal project containing such writing, instead. Since I want to do something original, I figured I'd use something smarter than just a flow chart of a story. However I realised my understanding on the subject is vague, therefore a discussion, until I get an idea or two.
@AliceShiki I like that definition. Then if the usual method to provide agency to the reader/player, how do you, as a person who has experiened such works, understand and navigate the story in your mind?
I think you need to play well with choices and illusion of choice~
As in, giving multiple choices that will reach the same outcome in the end, but making sure part of their choices will actually be meaningful.
The illusion of choice serves to make sure your reader feels like their choices are important for the most part, while the real choices are well... The real charm of the thing~
Ok, but how do you interact with an interactive story beyond making decisions? In a game, you'd have the gameplay itself and the environment to provide further actions and content you can immerse yourself in actively, instead of just percieving it, but beyond that what is the abstract thing you construct in your mind about the story? What about how a character exists in your mind?
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