nonlinearity in literature

Some thoughts on Nonlinearity in Literature

I eagerly clicked on this link. The words excited me. I felt disappointed when I read there about techniques such as flashback, reversal of time, branching paths, shuffling the deck… I don’t know what I expected. Same with Hypertext. While I love the idea of Hypertext, dealing with it, and seeing how it’s done overwhelms me with tedium and futility.

so so so so what am I trying to say
it is so damn hard to think I don’t know how anyone ever accomplishes it

I’m excited by the idea that there are Other Things that can be written and Other Ways of writing that we don’t even know about yet. It’s exciting to read about the origins of the novel, for example. It’s mind-expanding to think about pre-novel life, post-novel life, and what comes after the novel. Has everything been discovered?