{"id":42,"date":"2005-09-20T15:24:11","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T19:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/?p=42"},"modified":"2005-09-21T21:56:03","modified_gmt":"2005-09-22T01:56:03","slug":"link-choices-for-calvino-incipits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/2005\/09\/20\/link-choices-for-calvino-incipits\/","title":{"rendered":"Link Choices for Calvino Incipits"},"content":{"rendered":"

The general methodology for choosing the links were based on word association, word context, possible historical significance.  For example, I made a reference to German light armor, therefore I created a link for the word “armor”<\/a> to a WWII Nazi Flag that was found on a Panzer tank; this is a logical translation.  Another step that I took was to take a word that multiple meanings.  I used “icebreaker” to describe a breaking of social silence; however, I made a link to a literal icebreaker: liquid mints(http:\/\/www.hersheys.com\/icebreakers\/<\/a>).  I used another play on pop culture by making the word “captain” a link to Captain’s Morgans rum(http:\/\/www.captainmorgan.com\/en-us\/<\/a>).  Lastly, I selected another student’s piece(http:\/\/mason.gmu.edu\/~rford1\/assignment_files\/swimming.html<\/a>) which mentioned the same town upon which my incipit was based as a connection.  This student’s piece is also associated with “defiance” which is an underlying theme in my own work.<\/p>\n

If I had made all the links historical, a virtual footnote persay, then I think the piece would have been taken more seriously.  Due to the choices I made in selecting the links, I believe it made the work somewhat more creative, but in a much more comical way, which was not the original aim of the story upon its creation.  As a result, the reader will most likely be confused when a story with a serious and depressing backdrop has links to such trivial items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The general methodology for choosing the links were based on word association, word context, possible historical significance.  For example, I made a reference to German light armor, therefore I created a link for the word “armor” to a WWII Nazi Flag that was found on a Panzer tank; this is a logical translation.  Another step … Continue reading Link Choices for Calvino Incipits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}