This is indeed the common consensus. Readers do not only commonly skim right past dialogue tags, but excessively detailed dialogue tags can also...
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....
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...
If only you'd let it marinate for a week! ;)
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...
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...
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...
(Not my joke, but I wish it was.)
"Write horny, edit after you've jorked it." --Ernest Hemingway
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...
Shame on you for not giving your female characters pockets!
That's about the balance I've settled on too: 1 chapter in progress, 1 chapter finished first draft, 1 chapter edited and ready to go, 1 chapter...
No. (9/11 was not an inside job.)
There is a balance to be struck between publish-as-you-go and polish-to-a-shine, though, especially if you also want to be receptive to reader...
100%! This is one of the things I found hardest to learn as a writer when I first started out. I come from a background of technical writing, so...
Yep. Never rely only on some random server on the Internet to preserve your files. That goes for images but also for your stories! Keep an offline...
A middle-aged man dabs as he gets a blowjob. "I'm cooking!" He exclaims proudly.
You can just copy the text, delete the chapter, and then recreate it as a draft.
Discord image URLs are temporary, they only work for a day or so, maybe 2. But if you can't get them to work at all, then you're likely doing...
My (similar?) problem is that I perennially underestimate how many words my story ideas will end up being, but only *after* I started working on...
Separate names with a comma.
