Page Layout ⇒ Writing a book

[jhapk]

I am writing a book. I have two parallel stories going on at the same time. Every time you flip the page, the left page has one story and the right page has another. Any ideas what is the best way to do this in latex?

If I simply continue to write on one continous tex file, its very hard to keep the format.

[Johannes_B]

How are both stories connected? Is there the need to wait for the other story before going on, i.e. adding white space in front of the next paragraph. What if one story is 4 pages long, and the other 30 pages?

Can you be a bit more verbose on what you are trying to achieve?

I think package parallel should give you a good start.

[jhapk]

The two stories are completely unrelated. I know for sure that there will always be full page stories on the right page all the time. The right hand page will be like a normal book. On the other hand, the left page will always be brief discussions or illustrations, which may or may not cover the entire page.

For example, it will be similar to a children's book where the right page has a text and the left page has a big image of something.

[Johannes_B]

If you are sure, that a story will never be longer than a page, it is more than easy.

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\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage{mwe}
\newcommand{\nextstory}{\clearpage}
\begin{document}
this is a right hand page
\nextstory
this is the first story, it is short.
\nextstory
The next story is longer.\blindtext
\nextstory
Just a picture 

\includegraphics[width=.6\textwidth]{example-image}
\nextstory
\end{document}

[jhapk]

The left hand page will never be longer than a page. The right hand page stories will be a continuous story like a normal book.

[Johannes_B]

If that is the case, it seems to be most simple to have to individual documents and later combine them in a third using package pdfpages.

You said yourself, that both sides are completely unrelated.

[jhapk]

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the tip