STORYSPACE: Notes Function
From e-mail correspondence, just wanted to make reference here to the Notes function of the program and the ways it can be used:
"I find myself using them to write the offbeat thoughts that come spurred by something I’ve read and I’m writing directly into SSP." (sg)
"I use notes in other kinds of documents. I used them sparingly in Sandoval, mainly as reminders for link fixes of foreshadowings. Play with linkbacks or cycles to encourage rereading. In Sandoval I often did a linkback and then added a new box with a subtle change to suggest just a tad of movement in another direction. Often, there are other thoughts that accompany rereading that you wouldn’t think of otherwise. Some hypertexts use the map as an interface. You could try that in future." (se)
"I’m using the notes for loops because I don’t want to change the stories too much yet, but i’m adding a lot of "instances" or episodes into them, via a note linked to a note linked to a note linked back to the source, bypassing the note’s tendency (hardly tendency, more like genetic code) to return (not passing go, not collecting $200) directly after a single space." (sg)
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