What is The Loose-Fish Project?
The Loose-Fish Project is an online storytelling hub. Stories are distributed online natively via the medium that best suits the particular qualities of the given story; stories will also be archived at http://www.loose-fish.com.
Many stories will be adapted from classic and public domain sources, reworked and recontextualized to suit new forms of distribution.
How do you decide which medium to use for a story?
If a story strikes our fancy, we can usually hone in on a medium that has thematic resonance straight away.
In the case of “The Good Captain,” we knew we had a first person narrative that we wanted to unfold slowly in a readership chronology sense, yet feel urgent and of the moment in a narrative chronology sense. Twitter was a great fit.
What story are you doing next?
That would be telling. We have several stories in various stages of development, and there’s always a chance that we’ll need to shuffle the order around or suddenly switch gears to a new one because we’re super excited about it.
What is a loose-fish?
In chapter 89 of Moby-Dick, Melville describes the doctrine of “Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish,” which governs possession of whales on the high seas. A fast-fish is one which is claimed, or fastened to a ship. Any fish that isn’t fastened is up for grabs, or loose.
OK, but why did you name the project Loose-Fish?
As far as we’re concerned, storytelling is now one big loose-fish. We’re moving into the future here, kid.
Who are the Loose-Fish collective?
OMG, so glad you asked. We love talking about ourselves. Here’s who’s been involved so far:
Jay Bushman conceived of the project, oversees it and is our lead writer.
Bronwen Liggitt produces, edits and kind of at-larges.
Shannon Ramsay contributed some of her design time. We recommend her highly.
Do y’all need help with . . .?
Yes. Our immediate goals are pretty modest, but we’re grandiose schemers. Our upcoming story plans will require larger scale operations. We welcome the involvement of web designers, graphic designers, software developers, cartoonists, writers, musicians, and performers. You do something cool and want to be involved? Please get in touch.
What sort of license governs the use of Loose-Fish media?
All Loose-Fish content, stories and websites are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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This FAQ is maintained by Bronwen Liggitt. Got a question? Email bronwen@loose-fish.com.
Want to reach Jay? Email him at jay@loose-fish.com.
