Here are sites where you can find information and advice for creating Interactive Drama scenarios or for starting a troupe. You will also find academic approaches to the theory of Interactive Drama and related fields. If you would like to add your own site here email me at phillips@nccu.edu.tw and I'll most assuredly get back to you as quickly as possible.
- Enjoying and Hosting Erotic Events - The Society for Human Sexuality provides excellent advice of use to those organizing adult or mature-theme roleplay events.
- Potential Problems in LARPs - Sandy Petersen breaks down some of the more common problems people face when live roleplaying. Various solutions are offered.
- The Ten Commandments of Directing a LARP - Sandy Petersen gives good advice for those preparing to direct or run a live roleplaying event.
- Freeform Tips - Mark Grundy's advice for setting up Freeforms.
- The Anatomy of a Freeform - Bejamin Kemp discusses the basic structure of an interactive drama in this humourous article previously published in the Macquariecon 98 Handbook.
- Chronicle Stress Syndrome - This is an excellent article with advice on how to spot and deal with stress related to running a chronicle or long term interactive drama troupe. While Lara vanderZee specifically discusses Mind's Eye Theatre storytellers here, her advice is applicable to stress situations faced by any interactive dramatist or director, particularly those associated with permanent troupes.
- Role Playing Games: Theory and Practice - Useful seminar information.
- Society for Interactive Literature West. - There are several useful articles in the archive.
- Hints for Starting a New Interactive Theatre Troupe - Some sound advice from a non-hobbyist perspective.
- How to Build Scenarios - Food for thought by Lawrence Wilkinson. This has very little - actually nothing - to do with live roleplaying but it still might give a few folks some ideas.
- Shared Virtual Worlds for Education - This paper by Charles E. Hughes and J. Michael Moshell could be adapted to Interactive Drama theory.
