In each room was a different session. In one, Deena Larsen, who has written three hypertext novels and has five more coming out in the next three months, was showing others a prototype of her new book, Disappearing Rain. As Larsen read through the text, others leaned forward and tried to keep up with the story on the changing screens. Some got a few of the characters confused and raised constructive criticism to Larsen. So I need to know what clues come in where.
Nobody does it the same way.
A tour around the various rooms of the mansion, where workshops were taking place, reinforced this observation. In one an author described his work in progress as being more like a geometric form than a story because its various chapters and elements were arranged in a cube-like structure. In another, a woman showed off an epic poem where readers could use hypertext links to jump intuitively between stanzas. Others talked about utilizing graphics, moving images and sound in their work. Now I can write a book with a soundtrack.