Comments on: Can You Write “Mifiction”? http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-write-mifiction/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: david jon http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-write-mifiction/comment-page-1/#comment-377169 david jon Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:36:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3600#comment-377169 hi,hey man pull yourself together,you should not think of the "money-spent" on your books but of the pleasure that they have given to you. It is not very often that you have begrudged even one penny that you have spent, i will bet (i know that is the case with me). If you are worried about the fate of your books just give me a shout and i will come around and take them off your hands. Be careful,you sound as though you are becoming brainwashed by the people who sell technology and lets be honest,99% of it is the same as the previous model but a different colour with maybe a couple more buttons. Most of it is total rubbish and can never replace reality. Remember long-play albums being written-off not so very many years ago and now people are remembering just how tactile they were. The cover-sleeve was passed around and discussed,there would be surprises like posters inside and just like books they made a great impact when displayed,well they are back on sale due to public demand. At first people raved about face-book but when one steps back and actually looks at it all you can see is loads of strangers saying what they think other people want to hear. Do not get into the fog too deep as you might not find your way out. Real debate should be in your local or on street corners etc...(what does etc...mean by the way,cheers,david hi,hey man pull yourself together,you should not think of the “money-spent” on your books but of the pleasure that they have given to you. It is not very often that you have begrudged even one penny that you have spent, i will bet (i know that is the case with me). If you are worried about the fate of your books just give me a shout and i will come around and take them off your hands. Be careful,you sound as though you are becoming brainwashed by the people who sell technology and lets be honest,99% of it is the same as the previous model but a different colour with maybe a couple more buttons. Most of it is total rubbish and can never replace reality. Remember long-play albums being written-off not so very many years ago and now people are remembering just how tactile they were. The cover-sleeve was passed around and discussed,there would be surprises like posters inside and just like books they made a great impact when displayed,well they are back on sale due to public demand. At first people raved about face-book but when one steps back and actually looks at it all you can see is loads of strangers saying what they think other people want to hear. Do not get into the fog too deep as you might not find your way out. Real debate should be in your local or on street corners etc…(what does etc…mean by the way,cheers,david

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-write-mifiction/comment-page-1/#comment-199835 Maeve Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:57:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3600#comment-199835 Richard, Books are not the cult objects for young people that they are for my generation. I have walls of books in my house. I shudder to think of the piles of money they represent. In a very few years they will be no more than quaint reminders of the days before mobile phones and electronic readers. They'll probably finish in the landfill. Scrolls used to be big. The end is nigh for the codex. :-) Richard,
Books are not the cult objects for young people that they are for my generation. I have walls of books in my house. I shudder to think of the piles of money they represent. In a very few years they will be no more than quaint reminders of the days before mobile phones and electronic readers. They’ll probably finish in the landfill.

Scrolls used to be big. The end is nigh for the codex. :-)

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-write-mifiction/comment-page-1/#comment-199833 Maeve Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:50:30 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3600#comment-199833 Paul, I forwarded your question to the contest sponsor. The answer is <b>"My-fiction."</b> I was pronouncing it the other way. I guess one must think "iPhone." Paul,
I forwarded your question to the contest sponsor. The answer is “My-fiction.”

I was pronouncing it the other way. I guess one must think “iPhone.”

]]> By: Richard Nelson http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-write-mifiction/comment-page-1/#comment-199697 Richard Nelson Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:58:35 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3600#comment-199697 These stories raise some interesting issues around creating an interactive story that also has a well written plot. As I work in education I am very interested in trying this method of story telling, to help get messages across to the young learners who are attached to their mobile phones. The 'Digital Planet' podcast, from the BBC World Service has just covered this topic by following developments of a literacy campaign in South Africa. The Episode is dated 27/10/2009 at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/science/2009/03/000000_digital_planet.shtml The idea was to increase young people's involvement in reading, however one interviewee stated that she enjoyed the mobile story, but she would not go to the library to read a 'real' book. These stories raise some interesting issues around creating an interactive story that also has a well written plot. As I work in education I am very interested in trying this method of story telling, to help get messages across to the young learners who are attached to their mobile phones. The ‘Digital Planet’ podcast, from the BBC World Service has just covered this topic by following developments of a literacy campaign in South Africa.

The Episode is dated 27/10/2009 at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/science/2009/03/000000_digital_planet.shtml

The idea was to increase young people’s involvement in reading, however one interviewee stated that she enjoyed the mobile story, but she would not go to the library to read a ‘real’ book.

]]> By: Paul Russell http://www.dailywritingtips.com/can-you-write-mifiction/comment-page-1/#comment-199429 Paul Russell Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:14:51 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3600#comment-199429 How, I wonder, does one pronounce mifiction? My-fiction, or miff-iction? --paul How, I wonder, does one pronounce mifiction? My-fiction, or miff-iction?

–paul

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