(2010-08-09) Bernstein Interview

Good interview with Mark Bernstein, capturing some of the early days of East Gate, StorySpace, and HyperText fiction. Also some advice on Writing A Book (rather, on writing a big "publishable" HyperText): Acquire whatever skills you need to create what you have in mind. Do not rely on vague ideas of Collaboration or appropriation to supply what you currently lack. Be prepared to learn new things: Computer Programming, figure Draw Ing (Sketching), medieval Italian, narratology, or the intellectual life of Victorian parlor maids. Master your computer, and know how to use your tools well. Look for new tools and techniques that can improve your work or open new Creative opportunities.

In a follow-up [post](http://www.markbernstein.org/Aug10/The Temperance Pledge.html), he continues: We’re in big trouble. (Collapse stuff) Everybody who thinks is behind in their reading... I think we ought to be working on new tools for Reading And Writing while we still have time to work. Is this enough of a Big Lever?