Merging Branches

[OttoVonHerunterhangen]

Question: If I want to branch a story to give a choice for a certain action, but that choice has no bearing on the main plot, is there a way to merge the two branches back into one? It's easy enough to do with HTML links, but I want to do it inside the framework here. The example would be two people can chose to have sex or not have it, and I can branch based on that decision, but they still end up going to the same office anyway and this particular sex episode does not affect any actions there.

 

[gene.sis]

Yes, you can link chapters.

So from chapter A, you branch off into
- chapter B with sex, and
- chapter C without sex.
Then you add chapter D as a child chapter of B.
In chapter D, they will go to the office.

After that, you can create a link chapter E as a child chapter of C.
To do that, click the dropdown arrow beside "Add a new chapter" and choose "Link a chapter."
In the form, enter the answer to the chapter questions, enter the name of chapter D in the field "chapter," choose it from the list, and save the chapter link.

Then, the choice in chapter B and C will both lead to chapter D.
In B, the reader reaches D directly.
In C, the reader is forwarded to D by chapter E.

When you, the author of chapter E, reach that chapter, the site will show it to you, so you can still edit it.
Readers won't see that intermediate chapter and will be forwarded directly to chapter D.

 

[OttoVonHerunterhangen]

Thanks, I'll give it a try