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I don't remember who said, "I'm not a writer because I write. I write because I'm a writer", but whoever it was, my hat off to you. Now I never need to search for the words to explain myself.
I was one of the web's early adapters. As a web designer, I've had the opportunity to make the web "pretty" and "functional" but rarely ever was I able to make it useful. And really, who cares about a web that is lovely to look at but woe to use?
I decided I wanted to blend my two loves and create something that was engaging, that explored different ways to use online media, and that challenged what it means to tell a story online. I wanted to create an experience that really puts the user in the driver's seat, letting him determine which stories to follow, and which media to use, and how involved to become.
"A Timely Raven" was born of my desire to weave online media together in ways that empower people to know them and use them to get their own messages across. It is my hope that the story will be both engrossing on its own merit, but will also be a teaching tool for how to use media to educate, entertain, and inform.
Most Recent Review
The Germaine Truth: What Web Narrative Should Become
I don’t recall how I stumbled across the Germaine Truth, but once I discovered it and realized what it was, I was in love.
As a web professional and web creative, it is especially dear to me when I find people who are truly telling "Net native" stories. And while one could argue that The Germain Truth only translates printed media to the web, I would say it does more than that. Instead of telling one story, The Germaine Truth instead endeavors to tell a network of stories, the story of a town and it people, past and present, and presents this unified collection in a manner that would be difficult and unwieldy in print. The authors have called this work an experiment, and as such, I would have to say it wildly succeeds.
The authors have gone to extraordinary lengths to make this world immersive and believable. From the town’s detailed genealogy records, to its maps, to its newspaper clippings, the story is everything it promises and then some. The people of Germaine pass their stories to us in voices uniquely their own, and the tapestry they weave is nothing short of wonderful.
The only reason I have not given this story 5 stars is because I don’t think it’s been updated in a long while, and several stories remain incomplete. I wnat to know what happens with Cynthea. I want to know what is happening in the twon now. I want to see it all come together in bright, wonderful colors.
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