While our great-great-great-grandparents looked to books and theater to enjoy a good story or two in their day, today we watch movies, TV, and short films on our computers. We listen to/watch podcasts on-the-go, watch video and listen to music on our cell phones, and play video games on our computers and consoles. And books? We still read them,
but not necessarily in the same way our great-great-great-grandparents did.

It’s a very different world for storytellers than it was a hundred years ago, or even ten years ago—emerging technologies are totally reshaping the ways that stories are both told and received. Moreover, these technologies are blurring the lines between the “professional” and the “amateur” as the public gains access to (relatively) inexpensive—but high-quality—content creation software such as GarageBand, ProTools, and Final Cut Pro, to name just a few. And through new channels of distribution (think iTunes, YouTube, Deviant Art, and Flickr), these “amateurs” can easily reach millions of active, engaged fans. These lowered barriers to self-expression, combined with a growing trend towards interactivity, have produced a participatory, DIY, digital culture, in which stories can be told in an infinite number of ways—and they are.

Lit Drift is a new, NYC-based blog that highlights innovations in storytelling. Lit Drift’s ultimate goal is to celebrate the art and craft of storytelling (in all its forms) by serving as a storyteller’s resource and community. So, welcome to the blog! Like most other bloggers (well, at least the ones I know) I am not omniscient—meaning, while I’ll be keeping an eye out for newsworthy material to publish here, I certainly will miss a thing or two (or ten). So I need your help; if you see or hear of anything you think might be of interest, please drop me a line at contact@litdrift.com. It’s all about interactivity, right?