Reader-Model-Based Story Generation

Introduction My research project consists of building a story generator which will explore the use of reader modelling for plot generation. The project will make use of an emerging body of work at the intersection of literature and psychology that investigates reader engagement. Although there are existing systems that use formal reader models in a narrative generation context, most of them are built for creating interactive narrative, and those that work with fixed narratives have focused on discourse generation from a fixed sequence of story events rather than plot generation. Making practical use of recent theories in the psychology of reading should also give a new perspective on those theories.