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This course presents students with a detailed primer on writing for digital narratives. The course begins with an overview of the principles of storytelling, exploring traditional narrative structures and how they adapt to digital formats. Students will then gain hands-on experience with various digital tools, learning how to combine text, graphics, audio, and video to create engaging multimedia narratives. Over the semester, students will learn and develop practical and professional techniques for writing digital narratives through media such as digital games, blogs, podcasts, wikis, interactive web stories, and social media posts. Simultaneously, students will engage with a selection of provocative ludic stories that will challenge their understanding of both traditional and digital writing. Weekly workshopping of coursework will be supplemented with in-class case studies, group discussions, and playful activities. At the conclusion of the course, using software such as Twine or Articy, students will produce their own interactive digital narratives. No programming will be required for the course.