System and method for defining and presenting a narrative

A method to prepare narrative content for presentation as a multi-sensory experience, the method comprising:

• identify a plurality of text selections from said narrative content;
• for each of said text selections, perform at least one of the following:
• replace said text selection with replacement text wherein said replacement text is less descriptive than said text selection;
• remove said text selection and create a sensory cue wherein said sensory cue suggests the content of said text selection within the context of said narrative content;
• and
• creating a new description of said narrative content, the new description comprising:
• revised text corresponding to said narrative content;
• a plurality of cues corresponding to positions within said revised text, each cue being operable to describe a sensory effect that should occur during the presentation of said narrative content.