Integrating a Plot Generator and an Automatic Narrator to Create and Tell Stories

We describe the integration of MEXICA, a well-developed story generation system which produces high-level plots, with the nn Narrator, an existing system for automatically narrating based on a simulated world and a plan with narrative specifications. In our initial integration of these systems in a pipeline, we did not seek to model the creative process explicitly. The initial integration nevertheless exposed issues of story representation and of the distinction between content and expression that are relevant to creativity. We describe these and discuss plans for a blackboard system that connects plot generation and narration more deeply.