diff --git a/Assets/Fungus/Docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/Assets/Fungus/Docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index 7470c41e..37530ca3 100644
--- a/Assets/Fungus/Docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/Assets/Fungus/Docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Unreleased
 ## Changed
  - Block will LogError when an exception is caught from a Command being Executed.
  - WriterAudio.GetSecondsRemaining reports 0 if not playing. Thanks to KVinS.
+ - Add special case that skips variation logic for sequences that contains no elements, making no change.
 
 v3.13.6
 ======
diff --git a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextVariationHandler.cs b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextVariationHandler.cs
index 5c2111f8..15b341b9 100644
--- a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextVariationHandler.cs
+++ b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextVariationHandler.cs
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ namespace Fungus
                 }
             }
 
+            // As per issue #963 this should just return as if no variation 
+            if(varyingSections.Count == 1)
+            {
+                if (varyingSections[0].type == Section.VaryType.Sequence &&
+                    varyingSections[0].elements.Count == 0)
+                    return false;
+            }
+
+
             return varyingSections.Count > 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/Assets/Tests/Editor/FungusTextVariationSelectionTests.cs b/Assets/Tests/Editor/FungusTextVariationSelectionTests.cs
index 64d2937f..28e15616 100644
--- a/Assets/Tests/Editor/FungusTextVariationSelectionTests.cs
+++ b/Assets/Tests/Editor/FungusTextVariationSelectionTests.cs
@@ -114,5 +114,20 @@ namespace Fungus.Tests
                 Assert.Fail();
             }
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SquareBracketsWithoutTypeNoImpact()
+        {
+            Fungus.TextVariationHandler.ClearHistory();
+
+            string startingText = @"This is test a [of changing nothing]";
+            const string expected = @"This is test a [of changing nothing]";
+
+            string res = string.Empty;
+
+            res = Fungus.TextVariationHandler.SelectVariations(startingText);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, res);
+        }
     }
 }
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