Interactive novel
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The interactive novel is a form of web fiction and interactive fiction. While authors of traditional paper-and-ink novels have sometimes tried to give readers the random directionality offered by true hypertexting, this approach was not completely feasible until the development of HTML. Paper novels (indeed, some digital novels) are linear, that is, read from page to page in a straight line. Heather McElhatton's novel Million Little Mistakes published by Harpercollins in 2010 is a hard copy book with over a hundred endings and can be considered an interactive novel in the classic choose your own adventure style.
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