100 DAYS PROJECT: #15
Cause and Effect
Well this one turned out to be much different than what I imagined. (Which of course means that I’ll likely tinker with it some more until the next story’s due.)
What I absorbed from Steve’s offering today was the theme of cause and effect. Almost immediately after that thought settled in, I had the story concept of three cars traveling a highway in rush hour. From there, I got a feel for their drivers and wrote up the first lexias. Then I couldn’t get to the map fast enough; it had to be a pyramid with the options and outcomes based on split-second decisions.
What came out of this as you can see from the map (don’t be scared, Mary Ellen!) was a whole lot of action and possibilities. I went overboard with linking and just a few minutes ago tried this out for the first time, worried that a reader could get lost in this hypertext and never come out. Somehow, I got out in five or six steps.
Hypertext narrative will always amaze me.
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