A text generator in C that produces dadaist-style output from grammars — algorithmic nonsense as literary engine. Formerly at http://www.zikzak.net/~acb/dada/
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Unwriting machines software & generators
The Divine Comedy 2.0. Do you remember the poor author that made us cry and suffer in Lost Illusions, by Balzac? A rent writer — this is what the newspaper had transformed him into. What would he say if he knew that automatic poetry already exists, CGI generated? Well, don’t panic. The story has many twists and turns. Consider Hemingway, who made of telegraphic writing the mother cell of a new fiction.
auto-poetry / code engines / scripts that write · the author as programmer, curator or system admin
eDork: Poetry
Online tools for generating and mutating poems, letting the user “tune” nonsense and chance operations. Formerly at http://www.eDork.com/Poetry/
Software Dreampack for Writers
A package of prompts and software aids designed to unlock narrative possibilities and automate parts of writing. Formerly at http://www.novalearn.com/dp/dppf.htm
Sigfried Gold — Collaborative Writing Engine
A system in which programmed rules and user contributions merge, turning collaboration itself into software. Formerly at http://www.shout.net/~sigfried/
Authoring software for hypertext fiction, where links, nodes and maps structure multi-linear narratives.
Typescape
A piece in which typography becomes environment, and the interface writes by recomposing letters on the screen. Formerly at http://www.verygoodnetart.org/2000/t-quick/typescape-quick.html
Spam messages reprocessed as raw material for text, showing how machines and filters “write” with unwanted mail.