Recent content by xmare

As a former author, just want to say that there were some truly disgusting things on the site which has put me off for long periods. I think this is really symptomatic of authors who put more effort into narrative and character development leaving the site after the pandemic wrapped up. But...

This is a huge improvement, thank you very much. As for AI, putting academic stuff aside, I'd expect that to be an opt-in/out thing. I would happily consider opting in because I don't make any money from my work, so the idea of people easily creating more of it sounds like a good thing to me.

I find the way the adverts sit inside the content really egregious. My (our) content is put up for free on this website at great personal expense. I understand the need to pay bills, but not if it dilutes the quality of our work. It's not like we're being compensated for our work. I don't mind...

Hi. I would love to continue to support CHYOA and for CHYOA to continue support my writing by connecting it to a community. For this reason, until the rules are clarified and the situation is stabilised I will abstain from posting. I want to make sure my ongoing work follows the rules. I know a...

That’s really useful advice, thanks. I’ll keep that in mind. Fwiw my new story is going to start with an interview and I hope I can get enough idea to the readers to not need a dump. Certainly I wrote an essay in the contributer’s guide in case anyone were to see it

I find it really hard to say “you don’t care and I don’t care but we need to bash through this boring bit so we can get to that good stuff” and I’m not sure if anyone has a technique for how to do it. The two issues I struggle with are: You can’t just write “end scene. cut to the office...

The idea of a half-ass episode reminds me of the 'bottle episode' trope from screenwriting. They're sometimes to lull the plot to make an impending climax episode feel more dramatic, or just to save budget, but they can often be works of art in their own way. They absolutely serve a narrative...