Following a Story

To read one of the Neverending Tales, choose which tale you want to read from The Stacks. Each page of the tale comes up on the screen for you to read. You have choices at the bottom of the screen- you may choose one choice based on what you would do in that situation.
What the choices look like:
-[back]--[Choice 1]--[Choice 2]-
-[Choice 3]--[add a path]-

Although in real life if you make a wrong turn you are stuck with your decision, in The Neverending Tales you can use the [back] choice to go back to the last page you saw.

Adding a Choice

When you're reading a tale, if you don't see the choice that you most wanted to make, it is your right-- no, it's your duty to make up what happens next. Use your imagination and write it into the tale!

You do this by choosing [add a path]. When you choose [add a path], this is what the screen shows:

Choice:
Author:
Text:

Fill in the new choice in the story, your name, and what happens in the story after the reader takes the choice.

A short Example:


Choice: You toss the rock at the tree.
Author: Joe S.
Text: The rock goes flying at the tree, and hits with a loud "Thunk"!

If you want to make a new paragraph of text, you need to separate each paragraph with a blank line.

Please do not put your web-page on the "Author" line. You can fill in a made-up name if you like.

Avoid using phrases like "You die." and "The End." That's the whole point to a never-ending tale! It doesn't end!

Then you need to choose "Submit Tale" when you're done. Once you do this, your words have become part of the tale!

Some pages do not have the [add a path]. You cannot add a choice to these pages. Sorry! These pages have enough choices already, and there are lots of other pages to add choices to.

There is a special Grand Testing Tale for testing adding a link without messing up any of the stories. Right now, try adding a link to the Grand Testing Tale.

Adding a new Tale

If you have a great idea for a brand new tale, write the first page as a new choice in the Grand Testing Tale. Please write 5-10 pages in your story so the readers will get a feeling for the new story. Then, send us feedback telling us you want to add a Tale, and tell us the name of the tale. If it's really good, we will move it out of the Testing Tale into the Stacks!