I. Hypertext takes on four forms:

A. Reader Choice, Intervention, and Empowerment
B. Inclusion of extra linguistic segments (images, music, sound)
C. Complexity of network structure
D. Degree of variation and layer in literary elements (plot, setting, etc)
E. There are three types of hypertext-fictional, informational, and educationa
Hypertext challenges narrative and all literary form based on linearity
Hypertext fiction’s plot, setting, etc are subject to change
Hypertext is a threat to literature and its institutions; they are known, hypertext is the unknown
Hypertext is non or multi linear
Hypertext opens major questions about a story and plot by doing away with linear organization
There is no official “version” of a story; each reader implements their own version as they proceed through the text
Hypertexts can continue infinitely and indefinitely
Hypertexts always have an end, but there is not always closure