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Progzine
What if we wrote a bot to draw a zine on writing bots that draw zines? Learn how to craft a no-code script to randomly generate zine titles, stories, and art—then run it immediately in your browser.     – andytuba (they or he)

Convert it into a Tracery grammar

We just looked at the text of that "final draft". Next step is to convert it into a Tracery grammar, which is a straightforward JSON blob:

{  
    "origin": "#FrontCover# \n\n #Page1# \n\n #Page2# \n\n ... \n\n #BackCover#",
    "FrontCover": "Cover page \n---\n\n How-to Zine \n\n A WavelengthConf Progzine Template",
    "Page1": "Page 1 \n---\n\n How-to \n\n do a thing \n\n SO THAT YOU CAN \n\n `outcome of doing the thing.",
    "Page2": "Page 2 \n---\n\n Describe the problem this how-to solves \n\n What's the PAIN???"
}

The JSON blob above is a Tracery grammar, representing the plain text below.

Page 1 #

How-to

do a thing

SO THAT YOU CAN

outcome of doing the thing.

Page 2 #

Describe the problem this how-to solves.

What's the PAIN???