Centering: a framework for modeling the local coherence of discourse
Computational Linguistics
Sequential thematic organization of publications: how to achieve coherence in proposals and reports
ACM SIGDOC Asterisk Journal of Computer Documentation
Documentation, interaction, and conversation
ACM SIGDOC Asterisk Journal of Computer Documentation
Writing for Computer Science
RSTTool 2.4: a markup tool for Rhetorical Structure Theory
INLG '00 Proceedings of the first international conference on Natural language generation - Volume 14
Researching proposal development: accounting for the complexity of designing persuasive texts
SIGDOC '06 Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM international conference on Design of communication
A process documentation model for DCMI
Proceedings of the 30th ACM international conference on Design of communication
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Narrative-based writing is a technique that was developed to address the lack of support for document coherence. The technique depends on the production of a story-like executive summary of the document called a DN (Document Narrative). This is then analysed using a discourse theory called Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) which helps further to correct any lapses in coherence in the DN before proceeding to use it to write the document. Previous papers have described the technique briefly, alongside discussions of the ongoing software development to incorporate narrative support in writing tools. It has now become apparent that the technique itself needs to be explained in greater detail. This is the purpose of this paper. Here, narrative-based writing and the reasoning behind it is described. This is followed by a description of a user experiment conducted in May 2006 to evaluate narrative-based writing and discover areas in which it could be improved. The positive feedback from the volunteers has motivated us to continue to refine and simplify the technique.