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Hypertext Fiction began circulating in the late 1980’s via floppy disk through a small community of writers, before the existence of the World Wide Web. <ref>Johnson, S. (2013, April 14). Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext Story | Magazine | WIRED. Wired.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014, from http://www.wired.com/2013/04/hypertext/</ref> The author considered to have written the first hypertext fiction literature is English Professor Michael Joyce of Vassar College. The title of this piece is called, "Afternoon, a Story"<ref>Basaraba, N. (2013, October 23). Examples of hypertext fiction - how to write hypertext narratives?. Nicole Basaraba. Retrieved April 10, 2014, from http://nicolebasaraba.com/examples-hypertext-fiction-write-hypertext-narratives/</ref>. | == History == | ||
Hypertext Fiction began circulating in the late 1980’s via floppy disk through a small community of writers, before the existence of the World Wide Web. <ref>Johnson, S. (2013, April 14). Why No One Clicked on the Great Hypertext Story | Magazine | WIRED. Wired.com. Retrieved April 11, 2014, from http://www.wired.com/2013/04/hypertext/</ref> The author considered to have written the first hypertext fiction literature is English Professor Michael Joyce of Vassar College. The title of this piece is called, "Afternoon, a Story"<ref>Basaraba, N. (2013, October 23). Examples of hypertext fiction - how to write hypertext narratives?. Nicole Basaraba. Retrieved April 10, 2014, from http://nicolebasaraba.com/examples-hypertext-fiction-write-hypertext-narratives/</ref>. These literary works were first available on disks and then later put on CD's. | |||
In the 1990's, hypertext fiction declined. One reason for this decline was that the writers that published these online literary works were not computer tech savy. Also, for the reader, reading off of a computer monitor was not an enjoyable way to read. Not only was the reader was confined to his desk reading off a monitor, the resolution on the monitor was not easy on the eyes. | |||
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Hypertext fiction pieces were written using such softwares as Cosmic Book and Storyspace. These softwares were designed for the sole use of creating and navigating hypertext fictions. Almost all hypertext fictions are written in the HTML language. HTML allows the story to be displayed in the browser with correct formatting. Links are used to direct the reader to choose the path and direction of the story. HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. | Hypertext fiction pieces were written using such softwares as Cosmic Book and Storyspace.<ref>Hypertext Tools. (n.d.). Hypertext Tools. Retrieved April 14, 2014, from http://www.hypertextkitchen.com/Tools.html </ref> These softwares were designed for the sole use of creating and navigating hypertext fictions. Almost all hypertext fictions are written in the HTML language. HTML allows the story to be displayed in the browser with correct formatting. Links are used to direct the reader to choose the path and direction of the story. HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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