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- This HELP article is 60 lines long.
-
- WHAT IS VARITALE ALL ABOUT?
-
- This is VariTale, where you can join
- with others in creating a story. But
- it's not like any story you've ever
- read before! A VariTale goes wherever
- you and your fellow writers want it
- to! And if you don't like the way
- it's been going, you can propose an
- alternative path.
-
- Once again, in case we weren't emphatic
- enough: YOU can make the stories go
- where you want them to!
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-
- EXAMPLES
-
- Let's say somebody writes a rip-roaring
- thriller of an adventure, but to your
- chagrin, he kills off a really neat bad
- guy in the third chapter. What a loss!
- If this was a regular book, you'd just
- have to accept what the author decreed.
- But in a VariTale, you can write a dif-
- ferent version of that chapter.
-
- Good bad guys are hard to come by.
- Now you can keep 'em coming back!
-
- Let's say the story is a romance. You
- decide that they kissed and made up be-
- fore anybody could get worried. Where,
- you ask, is the bitter-sweet agony of
- a tumultuous love affair? Well, you'll
- just have to put some in, yourself!
-
-
- DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE CRITICS!
-
- Your story entries are anonymous (un-
- less you deliberately sign your name).
- So you don't have to be a great writer.
- What's more, you can let your imagina-
- tion fly! After all, it's YOUR story.
- Parts of it, anyhow.
-
- We hope we'll see YOUR work of art in
- VariTale! Become a writer! Impress
- your friends! And above all, enjoy
- yourself!
-
-
- HOW DO I USE THE COMMANDS?
-
- If you want to know, press Y in answer
- to the next question.