Involvement to the point of foreseeing. To the point of the joy of comprehension. That see, I told ya! moment that is the rare delight.
A few hours ago I posted on the way that hypertext allows the future to be remembered. Now you’re going to have to trust me on this one (though I have the history box to prove my path if not the time I traveled through this particular cube of space) but I just read this:
(Ben on the past)
"But I feel that for you remembering is not just about the past, the things left behind, the things lost. Remembering is the future. Think about it. You have empty ground in front of you."
So then the story is the hypertext form, the hypertext form the story. It all ties in so nicely. With a string.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology