STORYSPACE: And the Writer
I never would have thought that I’d fall so quickly and so thoroughly into the hypertext writing style. Frankly, wasn’t nuts about reading hypertext novels but then read The Life of Geronimo Sandoval and enjoyed the reading of it as much as reading it.
I’m not sure I’d be as enthusiastic if I didn’t start with a story already pretty much laid out. I don’t know if facing a blank Writing Space–and the first one at that–is going to be quite as inspirational and freeing as working on this current project. Even so, I have a hard drive loaded with anything from just titles to opening lines to flash fiction to complete stories, any of which can be starting points and grown from there if they have the potential. And much can be eliminated from linear story. White space and explanations such as "she remembered when she was little and this strange man grabbed her…" needed as lead-ins for much of straight narrative aren’t as vital here. If you feel this might have happened, you drop it in on a path all its own.
I think I love this.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology