Hi, I am looking for a software to help me write non linear stories, but I am mostly interested into printed/ebook format, not really interactive web.
It seems twine has a good visual interface to build the story, but can I export/format the finished story into a linear format compatible with docx ?
I am especially after exporting every paragraphs in a randomise fashion so the story is not too obvious to follow by jumping chapters.
Can I do that with twine ? or there are better options for book format ?
Thanks
I suggest you review a tool named Gordian Book, created & used by @Hituro, which can be used to create a PDF/Print CYOA book from a Twine/Twee based project.
I think…if you’re just wanting to publish an e-book with hyperlinks you can do that in many book builders… I think iBooks on Mac does this. I did a rather extensive book formatting project with someone and did the layout in OSX Pages, when then had to be exported to PDF-X for the print-on-demand publisher, but there are also do-it-yourself book designing software solutions online.
If you want to print, you’d then edit your e-book hyperlinks to include a page number after you evaluate how it will print and map it out.
Even if you use something else to actually typeset the book, Twine can still be a great tool for the design of the CYOA. Ryan North used Twine to design his book To Be Or Not To Be.
Twine can be easily used for an hyperlinked, wiki-like, non-linear story, with a little caution in linking passage: reciprocal back link can became a loop between the two passages, leading straight to a huge wastage of hardware paper and ink/toner…
The real problem is finding a valid htm-to-docx tool (but I warmly recommend the .odt format)…
