Readers can make and save changes to many hypertexts, allowing them to become involved in the creative process. With hypertext the definition of author is changing and becoming more inclusive. Joyce bought his first word-processor in 1982 because he liked to move things around in his manuscripts. When he got his first personal computer he wanted to create a story that would change every time someone read it. As no software that would allow him to do this existed at the time, Joyce and collaborator Jay David Boulter created Story Space.
Linearity is just an imposition in print.
Joyce believes that hypertext is a medium more conducive to feminist discourse than printed text, because it allows multiple versions of a story to exist together. As feminism has divergent meanings for women who grew up in different generations and in different areas of the world, hypertext collaborative projects would allow a variety of feminist thoughts to coexist in one piece.