Recent content by Gatsha

My recommendation would be to save drafts of those chapters you don't want published yet, then fill them in later. I don't think there's a way to publish without having all your draft chapters in a story published along with it. Note that this is only an issue before you first publish the...

I'd generally assume that the kind of knowledge that's specifically either a course curriculum or professional shop talk needs to be given some context and explanation ONLY if it's absolutely necessary for the reader to understand the context of the story. An example I'm thinking of is lawyers...

If you go to "My Stories," find your story, and click the options at the top right of that story, you should see an "Edit Story" option. You can change the title, cover image, synopsis, etc. there.

This might be my quirk only, but I will mention it in case it helps someone cover their bases: When I peek into a story, I actually don't even read the first paragraphs first. I read the synopsis. If the synopsis sounds intriguing, then I give the first chapter some time, even if it's a slow...

In my eyes, "public" means you are invited and encouraged to write on it, so I'd agree to go for it. Often, the reason for someone making a story public will be to encourage writing on it from many authors with as few obstacles as possible, so your writing will likely be welcomed. One caveat...

I agree with your point about vested artist interests and believe you and I are on the same side on it. I typed out a longer post about why I don't agree that writers are mostly on the same side on this (I've certainly seen some that would argue), but that's probably besides the point of this...

It would have been nice to know that a separate discussion in the Discord would determine the outcome of a decision that seems to have impact to those on the site and in the forum. I feel a little blind-sided that the winds in this thread shifted so suddenly from "I won't be extending" to "we're...

Say you have a hub chapter and, from it, your player will be able to choose a chapter to branch to any of the opponents. The only things you need to do, then, are: 1. Either on the hub chapter or on a chapter before it, make sure the player runs across some assignment of the Tricks variable...

I don't think there's a way to have the user input a number that will be treated as a variable, thus probably no way to do it truly random. If the goal is to make it seem random and changing to the reader, though, there are ways. In your example, the situation of the meal changing implicitly...

I think above all the variables need to serve the purpose of the story. Generally speaking, I see them as building blocks and not an element to be celebrated of themselves. In other words, the exciting part is "what questions can I make depend on this variable" and not "what variables do I...

I have an anecdote related to the thread question. I had written a story that was (for me) a good ways in and was using a strange chapter story web element where a number of events happened and then reversed. In other words, they were threads not designed to go anywhere, just to loop back to...

In context, there are a lot of things "running his hand through his hair" can mean as a gesture. Even in absence of context, it's a near-universally accepted gesture of awkwardness or restlessness. However, I'd argue that even without any important context, it gives motion to the scene and makes...

I think the OP is concerned that they may have accidentally clicked the Report Chapter button and have been responsible for an unintentional report. Evidently, they deleted their account as a result of this worry (so they wouldn't do it again? to avoid having a trackable account for potential...

I suppose I do see the intention. As a game developer, you'd be free to program in mandatory no-reverse Ironman style gameplay if you chose. I don't think giving the author an option to lock choices in is necessarily a bad idea, although I do get concerned some authors could apply it to their...

Just me personally, but I feel if there was a story I wanted to read that had an author's note indicating "the way this is meant to be played is in game mode with permanent decisions," or that cleverly implied that through the text, I would consider playing it that way as a reader. While I'm...