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I've never looked at it like that before, but I think you've hit the nail on the head. I do feel constricted the further I get into a major project with a traditional beginning, middle and end. Maybe that's why I was drawn to the open story format of CHYOA? Huh, I've just had a bit of an...

I'm in awe of anyone who can write more than one story at a time and easily dive between one and the other. I've got several stories that are ongoing on CHYOA but I only ever work on one at a time, my head is just so full of those characters and that story and it's too difficult to switch about...

What motivates me? good question, primarily it's the process of writing, I find it very cathartic. Once the writing is underway then it's the characters that motivate me, they become like friends I feel I have to give love and attention to. Why do I think the fist idea wouldn't find an...

For some reason I just can't get on with Literotica, not sure if it's the design of the site or what, it just annoys me. And Amazon, yeah, it's the one I've been thinking of, but publishing on there feels like real 'big boy' stuff and scares the hell out of me! I may give it a go one day, not...

Okay, anxiety maybe over doing it a bit but still, I'm in a pickle. I'm nearing the end of a story I'm writing for CHYOA which I will publish in the next month or so. But already my mind is turning to the next project. I've got a long overdue BDSM novel I've planned out but not started yet...

I confess to not being an imgur regular or know much about the site. I simply use it to host pics, I've never even browsed through the site. I just checked my account and I've got 446 porn pics that are NSFW and still there. Perhaps they'll get taken down in the purge but as far as I can tell...

I use imgur but I've not posted anything since the purge though. However, I don't actually publish the pics on imgur, just save them to my profile. If they are not published then there's nothing to take down but you can still use imgur to host them. Purge or not this should still work. My...

Interesting reply, especially given what I'm writing. I'm working on a story for CHYOA that started as a vanilla novel, but has morphed into a chyoa story. I'm still writing it novel style though, so it's have a beginning, middle and end, chapter lengths will vary and I'll complete the whole...

What a great question. In the early stages of a story I'll spend some time describing clothes as I think it's important to get an idea of who the character is and how they present themselves. But as the story goes on I'll just occasionally say things like 'she wore her usual ripped jeans and...

My favorite incest author on here is Wilparu, check out his stuff, it's wonderful. His Brother and Sister stories about Ella and Evan are particularly good. Another great author is ThreeNipps, who has an excellent brother sister story called 'Living in your sisters shadow'. And Wixxy has a...

Wow, there are some seriously organised folks on here! Looking at all the spreadsheets and stuff you all use to keep track of things has convinced me that I'm definitely very happy just having a straight linear story with no branches! I'd love to be able to organise it and have all the...

I'm guilty of using character pages! For me it came about because of photos. I love using pics in my stories but it divided opinion, some people didn't like them popping up in chapters. So, to get around this I put the pics in a 'cast and info' page. So my character page is there primarily to...

For editing this is almost exactly what I do, even down to the bit where I re read a published chapter and think 'why did i say that'! And letting the first draft stew for a few days, that's such a helpful thing to do, it's amazing how different it reads after some time away from the page. I...

My pet hate seems to be quite common at the moment. Time and again I go to read a story and they lose me in the first paragraph because they're telling me a bunch of stuff that they should be showing me. Show don't tell is probably the best advice I've read. It's frustrating to see what could...

For me, it's about the not so popular but well written and excellently crafted stories that need help with exposure to a wider audience on the sight. It's almost like we need a book club type thing, where a group of top authors and site management read and recommend a few stories each week. Just...

Lurking on the threads is good for inspiration! I've decided I'm definitely going to end my story, although it will be a while yet as there are loose ends that need tying up. I even know how I'm going to end it, the only question I have is how to have my cake and eat it. Do I branch off from an...

I'm really enjoying this too! As someone who does not write branching stories it's fascinating to hear the issues you all face!

I really feel this too. And the characters are like friends, ending the story feels like I'm cutting friends out of my life. It was suggested earlier that there is a way to have your cake and eat it too, by ending the story then going back and branching off from an earlier point, or writing a...

100% agree! It's definitely good to have it all in one doc and saved as a back up. I also use the Chapter headings, so the navigation pane, then headings and save the chapters there. My doc is like 150k words so using those headings gets from one chapter to another quickly. I don't name the...

This is exactly how I feel! Knowing my own limitations to remember the finer details I have found a half arsed solution that works for me. All my stuff is written on a word doc, at the very bottom of the page, just under where I'm currently writing, I have huge big red heading 'REMEMBER'. Under...