Hypertext connections (or links) between lexia can be constructed through a number of different methods. Each of these methods implies something about the relationship between the lexia within a work.

One method is to keep the lexia unconnected, much like playing cards in a deck. Instead of being fragments of a larger work, such lexia are discreet atoms. This works best for short stories, poems, riddles, or other short, complete works that can be read in any order. A larger work may emerge for the reader as she realizes any relationships between the lexia, but these relationships are not mirrored by links. Instead, a single index page can give one link to every lexia, or the lexia can be displayed by the system in a random order.

Another method is to use "sculpted" connections. The CardShark system does this (Bernstein and Greco 2004). It links every lexia to every other lexia. The author then removes some links, or specifies preconditions that must be met before certain links can be traversed.

Most frequently, lexia are "calligraphically" connected (Bernstein and Greco's term). That is, the author constructs links between certain lexia and not others. This implies some sort of organizing scheme for the lexia, hopefully one that can be deduced by the reader. This scheme might be a linear or hierarchical organization of the entire work, or simply a hypertext tangle where any lexia can be related to any other.