[Snowman] Printing to screen after passage render

First things first: my deepest thanks to the whole forum and specially @greyelf and @TheMadExile who have helped me again and again. I've just ported 100% of my Harlowe game to Snowman, despite not knowing Javascript, and it works all right.

Now, one of those stupid questions related to not knowing Javascript.

Sometimes instead of using <%= %> to print a variable I use <% print() %>, if it's in the middle of another block of code (an if for example). However, I don't know how to create a link that prints something after the passage has been rendered. Something like this:

<a id="link">Link</a>
<% 	
	$(function () { 
		$('#link').click(function () { 
			variable = 1;
			print(variable);
		});
	});
%>

When I click this link, statements like variable=1 are executed, but print() does nothing. I have some fuzzy notion that this is because the passage has already finished rendering, but I have zero understanding of why and how to go forward. Any suggestion?

Thanks!

PS: porting the game to Snowman has been more than worth it. The Harlowe version literally killed my mobile browser, while the Snowman version feels like a snappy web app. Now I hope that I get to finally end writing the story and release it, and people can reuse my code if they like.