There is something about the visible forms and structures that we've associated with the world of books and literature that we are now leaving behind. As we begin to recognize the more fluid forms of writing being developed on the web, it becomes immediately apparent to us that graphic designers, in particular, are participating in the emergence of more visually-stimulating writerly forms being distributed in cyberspace. In fact, many of the most experimental web-writing projects coming online today are being created by design professionals who juggle their roles as artists, educators and commercial consultants whose clients are in desperate need of their skills and talents.
Narrative is old.
Good old narrative. Therefore it stands to reason that if there's a change in this basic configuration, what we've got on our hands is no longer a narrative in the strictest sense. You can only stretch the definition so far before it either pops, takes on a new name, or snaps back into its old shape. Quite the contrary. Rather, we must ask ourselves what IS our everyday experience of time and language, assuming we spend a great deal of our waking hours surfing the web, sending and receiving email, listening to randomly played songs on our portable mp3 players, talking on the cell-phone, etc.