Creative Writing Idea: Hyper poetry

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  1. luvweaver

    luvweaver Ad Jesum per Mariam

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    Hey guys I was writing a scene of my fanfic when i discovered something neat.

    I could add title attributes to the paragraph tags in my html. And well, this could be neat for adding extra content to paragraphs or even phrases.

    In this case, I added a little lyrics from Linkin Park to one of the scenes.

    Take a look.

    Code:
    <p title="It's easier to run...">When she finished
     showering, she was feeling a bit better. She remembered
     her mothers' advice of not letting the situations hurt her
     too much.</p>
    
    <p title="replacing this pain with something numb...">
    Bloodberry had forgotten to bring in her clothes,
     so she went out just wearing her towel.</p>
    
    <p><span title="it's so much easier to go...">As she was
     going to her room, Lime called her.</span><br />
    <span title="than face all this pain here all alone...">
    "Bloodberry?"</span><br />
    </p>
    
    
    The final effect is awesome. As you move the cursor over the paragraph, the hidden text appears as a hint. Think of it as my equivalent of StrongBad's hidden scenes :D

    The idea could be expanded with a little knowledge of DHTML. Instead of just using title tags, you could hide entire paragraphs in floating "windows" (layers), making them appear when you hover the mouse over the paragraph. You could even make some photos appear and disappear as they move over the text... (hmmm what am I saying? I think those chocolate cookies are affecting my mind :p )

    I've read some "hyper poetry" on other webpages, like this one.

    http://www.msu.edu/~corcora5/hyper/poetry.html

    Apparently the concept's not new. They use just plain hyperlinks. I guess my dynamic approach is new. Maybe I should rename it to "dynamic poetry"?

    So, what do you think of the concept?
     
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