No, the best is when they start speculating about some forthcoming twist and it's way better than what you had planned. "Uhhhh...yes, dear...
Was it Freedonia? It's not explicitly African, but there is a branch plot with a reporter visiting.
In theory, no CHYOA story is ever *finished* because someone could come along and add another branching point. That said, CHYOA's interface pushes...
That sounds like the main branch of the Spiral of a Curse. https://chyoa.com/story/The-Spiral-of-a-Curse.36727
You'll need five chapters: 1 - You see a pole. Do you walk around it to the left or right. -> Two options, Left [2] or Right [3] 2 - You walk...
*ahem* They're supposed to be "quick" story ideas, sir.
An author has the option to make their story open (any one can post), moderated (they have to approve), or private (no one can add but them). If...
Just noticed the little tickers in the CHYOA opening blurb said we were at 1,000,167 chapters now. Which one was the magic millionth one?
The simplest way is just to, in the chapter itself, describe the options and then explain in the comments or in meta text that you don't intend to...
There was a girl in my son's daycare named "Khaleesi" who was obviously named well before the final season...
If you want to keep this true to the spirit of the original game, each player should be limited to 8 stock phrases and a handful of emotes.
Focus on the specific thing you need the scene to accomplish and then try to come up with a different way to get there. Stripping the scene to its...
Building off of this, stories where the Owner just flatly expects other people to do the writing for them bug me endlessly. So many stubs are just...
For which they won't know the safewords.
This category appeared a week ago when the site changes occurred but it does not appear to be a rename of an existing category. Right now there's...
I like the premise (It's very similar to Empowered! which you and everyone should absolutely read IMO), but I'm not sure about giving this from...
Not from the chapters tab of your personal page. You *can* see the # of comments from the story map, but for a massive one like Submission...
Hi all, Harem Hotel is in one of the now-restricted categories, so if you were following it and noticed that it disappeared - it is not gone. If...
Yes, Friedman made some rather abrupt changes on the 4th and hasn't fully elaborated on the why yet.
https://chyoa.com/category/mind-control The category link in here but if you can't see them despite following your own history, you'll need to...
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