Note: Mods, I hope this is alright. Feel free to delete if it's not.

Hello lovelies,

So I have a project for my Theories of Networks class where I have to connect my major (writing) with networks. I wracked my brain and came up with a choose-your-own-adventure approach, but online, and unlike the book version, you can add to the adventure! (All made easy thanks to a handy script I found.)

The point of this project is to see how people will network to add to the story, as well as what kind of traffic it attracts, so, the more writers that get involved, the more interesting the data will get.

Can you help a girl out? Just click here, follow the story line, and if you don't meet an untimely end, you'll be asked to write a new scene! It'll take 30 seconds.

Thanks, and please consider passing this on. :)

Lis

I'm curious about everyone's opinions, though I'm not sure if non-moderator types like myself are allowed to post this sort of thing. Then again I don't see anything in the rules against it.

In novel writing it seems many writers reiterate information, particularly character backgrounds and essential actions that drove the plot forward. Would you all say these function merely as review or might they serve a higher artistic purpose? I'm noticing it a lot in the work of Murakami. He uses a lot of jump cuts, after which he reminds the reader of what occurred before. When do you think review in the narrative is most appropriate and most inappropriate? Are there any authors you can think of who don't use review in their narratives, or any you can think of who use it particularly well?