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  1. TheLowKing

    Everyone needs a kick in the butt sometimes. :)

    Everyone needs a kick in the butt sometimes. :)
  2. TheLowKing

    "And you're sooo strong, even though your days consist entirely of vegging out watching anime...

    "And you're sooo strong, even though your days consist entirely of vegging out watching anime and playing MMORPGs!"
  3. TheLowKing

    Yes, you do. Chop chop!

    Yes, you do. Chop chop!
  4. TheLowKing

    If you had three wishes, what would you use them for?

    Sex with my 3 favourite celebrities. Obviously???
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    Same thing happens when you accidentally try to enter tags in the "follow-up question" text box...

    Same thing happens when you accidentally try to enter tags in the "follow-up question" text box. Very annoying. :P
  6. TheLowKing

    How do you handle the Gay Fanfiction Problem?

    This is indeed the common consensus. Readers do not only commonly skim right past dialogue tags, but excessively detailed dialogue tags can also be a sign that your actual dialogue doesn't convey the speaker's emotions well enough. As an exercise, think up some random scene in your head, start...
  7. TheLowKing

    Getting people to read your story

    I've been keeping meticulous track of likes and views on my current story over the past 2.5 months, while posting a new chapter on most days. Views/hour and likes/hour for each weekday, assuming UTC: | Day | Views | Likes | |-----------+-------+-------| | Monday | 52.7 | 0.587 | |...
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    Exposition in branching stories

    Ah, yes. I agree that the plot of each individual branch needs to be a linear progression that stands on its own. Pretend the other branches don't even exist. I don't think I've ever read any of your work, so I can't do any better than some educated guesses. That said... If you keep having to...
  9. TheLowKing

    Let it marinade for a while

    If only you'd let it marinate for a week! ;)
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    Exposition in branching stories

    Ooo, good question! I can't think of a universal "oh my god why didn't I think of this one simple trick???" solution that makes the entire problem go away, but there may still be things you can do to mitigate it. Unless if you're going in very different directions in your branches (for...
  11. TheLowKing

    Getting people to read your story

    But you have to convince people people to make that first click to even have a chance of turning them into loyal readers. Every person who sees your story and scrolls past it because you didn't take 5 minutes to add a picture is a missed opportunity. Just because there's no all-powerful...
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    Getting people to read your story

    At the time of writing, there are a whopping 26,619 stories on CHYOA. So how do you make sure your once-in-a-generation masterpiece stands out in the crowd? Some tips, presented as an easy-to-digest numbered list. Note that these are PR tips, not writing tips. Use a cover image. Ideally it...
  13. TheLowKing

    (Not my joke, but I wish it was.)

    (Not my joke, but I wish it was.)
  14. TheLowKing

    "Write horny, edit after you've jorked it." --Ernest Hemingway

    "Write horny, edit after you've jorked it." --Ernest Hemingway
  15. TheLowKing

    Publishing a story question

    Story approval generally takes about a day, but that's not a hard and fast rule, it depends on admin availability. Chapter approval is done by the story owners/editors, so it can be much quicker or much, much slower.
  16. TheLowKing

    Shame on you for not giving your female characters pockets!

    Shame on you for not giving your female characters pockets!
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