This essay, entitled “Why Inform 7” tries to answer the question, “Why should teachers of writing use Inform 7?” It presupposes the reading of “Inform 7 and the Writing Process.”
We offer “Why Inform 7?” as a .pdf document, available at this link.
Coming Events
Interactive Fiction Club for High School and Middle School Students, Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, Massachusetts, Usually on Wednesdays, 3:00 to 4:00 P.M. Current story: 80 Days. Currently conducted via Zoom. Contact bdesilet@yahoo.com for more information.
IF Meetup at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, Building 14N, Room 233, 6:30 P.M. For this month's date, see http://pr-if.org/.
The Site’s Pages
- Welcome!
- Fun and Learning With Interactive Fiction
- Teaching With Interactive Fiction
- What is Interactive Fiction?
- The Pain and Promise of the Parser
- IF and Critical Thinking
- IF and the Reading Process
- Building Fluency With IF
- Writing Interactive Fiction With Adrift
- Writing Interactive Fiction With Quest on the Web
- Inform 7 and the Writing Process
- Recommended Stories
- Acquiring Interactive Fiction
- Notes and References
- About the Author
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