Tangling a flow in knots
In Chapter 1, Text, Flow, Choices, and Weaves, choices were explained as capable of branching a story into different sections. Some simple branching structures were shown, but movement through a story consisted of flowing down from one weave to another. When a section is given a name in ink, it becomes one of its central concepts: a knot. A knot is a section of an ink story created by using at least two equals signs (==
) and the name of the knot on a single line. After this definition, every line until the next knot encountered becomes a part of the original knot. By giving names to sections, they can be navigated to within ink to create more complex narrative experiences for readers.
Creating knots
A physical book is often divided into chapters. With knots, a digital ink story can also be divided into different parts. While a novel or textbook might use names for sections based on the word chapter, digital stories can grow beyond these limitations to...