This document provides instructions for using an interactive fiction writing tool called Inklewriter that allows creating stories with multiple paths and endings. Key points: - Writers can create stories alone or collaboratively with options - Getting started is easy by clicking "new story" or taking a tutorial - Writers add options by clicking the "Add Option" button and following different paths by clicking arrows - The contents panel lists all paragraphs to easily switch between sections

1. This Web 2.0 tool allows writers to write
stories where the endings are not
predetermined.
Writers can write the story all by
themselves, or have others collaborate.

2. Getting Started
It couldn’t be easier to start writing. When you first launch theinklewriter website, writer.inklestudios.com,
you’ll be offered the option of taking the tutorial, or starting a new story. If you click new you can get writing
straight away.
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/getting-started/

3. Here is my example
I am going to start my story. I do this
by clicking on the add option button.
I just need to finish the sentence from
section one.

4. Write and Add Options
You’ll write your story onto the scraps of paper in the middle of the inklewriter workbench. When you want to
add choices, just click the Add Option button, and type in the name of the choice. Each choice has an arrow
you can click to follow that path.
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/getting-started

5. I added three different options about my
bunny Bilmore. The next step would be to
click on an arrow and add to the story.

6. As you can see, the options are endless.

7. How do I change to another path?
There are lots of ways to find your way around in inklewriter. First, you can use the rewind buttons in the top
right of every page of your story. Clicking rewind will roll the story back to that point, so you can add new
options or take different choices.
You can also open the contents panel using the button in the top right. This lists every
paragraph of text you’ve written. Click on one to jump straight there.
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/getting-started

8. I clicked on the back arrow, and started
writing on a different option.

9. You can also open the contents panel using the button in the top right. This lists every paragraph of text
you’ve written. Click on one to jump straight there.
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/getting-started

10. he table of contents makes it
asy to see what you have

11. How do I read my story?
Read your story by clicking the “read” button in the toolbar. The story will automatically start from wherever you
working in the story, but you can use the rewind buttons to roll back to whatever point you like.
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/getting-started

13. It is that simple! ELA teachers are always
looking for great ways to motivate their
students to write.
Digital storytelling with inkle can make this
happen.