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 Hypertext Fiction is a [[genre]] of interactive literature that uses hypertext links to direct the reader into sometimes complex passages throughout a story.<ref>O'Connell, L. (2012, March 21). Hypertext Fiction. Digital Narratives Through the Reading Glass. Retrieved April 10, 2014, from http://diginarrate.net/2012/03/21/hypertext-fiction-by-liamorourke/</ref> These hypertext links can also lead the reader to analogous images. Some hypertext fiction stories are scripted in a fashion that allows the reader to have a different encounter each time the story is read. <ref>Montecino, V. (2002, May 1). What is hypertext?. What is hypertext?. Retrieved April 11, 2014, from http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/hypertext.htm</ref>The reader does not follow a continuous path, but, instead, experiences the story on an interactive basis, as one trying to solve a puzzle or follow a map. The reader is given links to explore, creating a new experience when new directions are chosen.
-Hypertext fiction did not survive as a literary form is because the authors that published theses first works were not computer literate. Another reason hypertext fiction did not survive is that the resolution of the monitors did not give the reader a good reading experience.  c is that the computer technology which was used during its early days did not support the correct resolution for creating a good reading experience. So this did not encourage both the authors and readers towards the works of hypertext fiction.
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+== 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.
-== 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>.
+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.
 == Examples ==