Towards

a

digital biography

Lisa Gee

me

booksjournalism

videoradio

digital strategyonline content

pr

www.lisagee.netmailme@lisagee.net

@LIS4G33

Traditional biography

Narrative non-fiction = linear

What if the subject didn’t lead

a particularly linear life?

&

Dead subject = reduced narrative tension

What is digital biography?

What about…

A digital biography that mimics the process of getting to know someone in

real life?

William Hayley 1745 - 1820

Why William Hayley?

Practical

out of copyright

limited interest in him ∴ limited data

already have database

Artistic/literary

great untold story

biographer/interest in new tech

history

Challenges?

content

development

reader journey & involvement

characters

boundaries

(non)-fiction

content

development

reader journey

start

triggers

choices

map

timeline

finish

reader involvement

Who?

Market research

How much interactivity will people want?

How much choice can we give them?

characters

How can we bring them to life?

writing

interactivity?

speech?

AI?

Varying emotional response?

boundaries

what’s realistic?

what’s desirable?

will it work?

what constitutes success?

(non)-fiction

is it still biography?

Thank you.

Please pledge at

http://unbound.co.uk/hayleyworld

@WHayleyPOET

@LIS4G33