FINAL PROJECT

Well, just so everyone knows this class is literally the last real class of my college career. I'll be graduating May 15 (10 days away!) and all I have after this is four finals in all elective courses. I have already gotten a job working for CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) as a Technical Writer Associate Professional, and I will begin working full time a week after graduation. It's been a fun four years Mason, I kinda wish I was on the five year plan like my friends...

ANYWAYS! onto my final project.

I have created a sort of interactive fiction that I have modeled off a short story idea I had a little while back. It was the standard odd couple, 30 year old lonely accountant meets 28 year old artistic music manager. The main focus of the story was that the guy was using the girls blog to figure out what to talk to her about. Eventually he begins writing everything about their relationship on his blog. He eventually begins to feel cool because of all the subscribers his blog gets, and actually begins to take advice from his virtual friends about his real relationship.

I changed this short story into actual blogs! I think the format is really interesting, and it can have actual viewers that can contact the characters via email or blog responses. The readers can check in daily or weekly to check out the new blog posts about this relationship and how its happening. I wrote out the entire story already, so you have to start with George's and scroll all the way down. I think this format of story telling would be very interesting to readers, and each post could be like a chapter. Also it gives the reader the capability to be an active person in the story by writing the characters and changing the future of the relationship!

The story begins with George Bonk's blog.

And it continues with Jenni Aubrey's blog here.

The posts go in this order chronologically:
GB- "I Have Set Up My Blog"
GB- "Upcoming movies I really want to see"
JA- "Yo folks"
GB- "Someone Special"
GB- "Kinda a creepy thing"
JA- "Upcoming shows for my peps"
GB- "Making my move"
JA- "Lightfuse show"
GB- "Oh MY GOD"
JA- "Coffee anyone?"
GB- "Too much Caffeine + Woman of my dreams = uncontrollable shaking "
JA- "Things are looking up"
GB- "Decision"
GB- "Wowww"
JA- "BULLSHIT"
GB- "Heart Broken"