<s>
Storyspace	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
software	O
program	O
for	O
creating	O
,	O
editing	O
,	O
and	O
reading	O
hypertext	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maintained	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Eastgate	O
Systems	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
available	O
both	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Storyspace	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
software	O
program	O
specifically	O
developed	O
for	O
creating	O
,	O
editing	O
,	O
and	O
reading	O
hypertext	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
classics	O
of	O
hypertext	O
literature	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
Storyspace	B-Operating_System
,	O
such	O
as	O
Afternoon	O
,	O
a	O
story	O
by	O
Michael	O
Joyce	O
,	O
Victory	O
Garden	O
by	O
Stuart	O
Moulthrop	O
,	O
Patchwork	O
Girl	O
by	O
Shelley	O
Jackson	O
,	O
and	O
Figurski	O
at	O
Findhorn	O
on	O
Acid	O
by	O
Richard	O
Holeton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Storyspace	B-Operating_System
has	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
extensively	O
in	O
secondary	O
and	O
tertiary	O
education	O
for	O
teaching	O
writing	O
skills	O
and	O
critical	O
thinking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
teaching	O
creative	O
writing	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
especially	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
web	O
when	O
hypertext	O
linking	O
was	O
less	O
fluid	O
and	O
web	O
pages	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
hand-coded	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proponents	O
argue	O
that	O
Storyspace	B-Operating_System
's	O
visual	O
maps	O
of	O
how	O
hypertext	O
nodes	O
are	O
connected	O
allow	O
students	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
writing	O
in	O
hypertext	O
rather	O
than	O
on	O
technical	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
linking	O
and/or	O
visually	O
juxtaposing	O
ideas	O
allows	O
students	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
visual	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
