Question for "Snitch Bitch"

3) When Jackson compares hypertext to a moving vehicle does she mean it can easily be changed unlike a book which is "in search of a place of rest?"

Shelley Jackson is commenting on the ability of one to change hypertext vs. being able to change the writing in a book. Once a book is written and published there is little room to go book and revise the book. One cannot just highlight a passage of words and then press delete. The book is already on the shelf ready to sold and viewed by thousands. This is why writers spend hours upon hours revising and correcting their work. With hypertext one can easily go back and delete and add words. There are no boundaries. The opportunities are limitless. One is free to edit their work whenever they feel the need to. Jackson compares hypertext to a moving vehicle in order to describe the magical process in which a writer's work is always changing and evolving. The writing progresses and transforms sometimes into something unknown. A whole piece of work may be deleted if so desired. A book belongs on a shelf. Hypertext belongs to all creative writers never having an ending or a beginning.