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Good evening, hope all is well with the fine folks here. A kind member recently volunteered to be an editor of one of my stories. He can see drafted chapters from the story chapters, but not from the Story map. Is this possibly a bug? Something on my end / change settings in the story? Or is...

It's not that serious, use whatever name fits the character in your mind. How you build the character will trump most names' stereotypes, and your own personal bias as an author is not something that your readers will tap into. I try to avoid unique names that might be traced back to someone in...

i'm a dude, I write dude POVS. if queer/trans/+/etc like it, great! But... what the fuck kind of mess is happening in this thread?

your initial idea was, in my opinion, the best. taking a very traditionally "male" name and altering it (truncating, extending, or otherwise modifying) into a traditional "female" name allows the narrative changes (especially by the character) to play off of and develop embrace her/his/its/Qs...

Think this is a good question. The modern term 'Bad End' has a newly sexualized rendition of "It's good to lose / the scenarios in which the 'protagonist' loses are sexy". I'm with you in saying that 'You Lose" endings are different from the '(sexy) Bad End' things. This post is entirely the...

It is good that you (and almost everyone else here) have high expectations for your writing. This is the biggest area to take pride in, as writing 'talent' is largely subjective. All of us are at different points in our writing career, and some excel at one area that others struggle at. It's...

I like the storyline you have that goes further , the "chronicles". However, just as a first impression, it was disconcerting to click on the first four options (after character list) and go straight to a dead-end. Not sure if it is an option or not, but you should probably try to delete those...

This is exactly the kind of writing i enjoy: you do a great job blending dialogue with traditional description. You have long, arcing scenes that are very thorough... but you have a healthy ratio of sex to plot. Thought you did a great job describing the characters, and your character list with...

This is somewhat of the opposite of Almax's "Do Scattered Story Maps Turn You Away" thread https://forum.chyoa.com/threads/do-scattered-story-maps-turn-you-away.2798/ For me, this site and its authors are special because they provide alternatives in story telling. It's what makes CHYOA unique...

this! I greatly enjoy seeing what paths readers go down, especially when they like a few different parts of the story. very good comment as perhaps the ultimate 'ask', a feature that enables us to track readers (with their consent) when they simply view story branches would be also phenomenal.

Your writing style is really good, my man. You do a great job with descriptive detail and dialogue, and there's enough humor and detail without it feeling slow at all. To be honest, this is some of the best writing I've seen on this site. So, bravo. However, I find the lack of options in your...

The variety on this topic has been illuminating. I think there're many pros and cons to having favorites in your characters!

I found your story via: recommendation of Midbossman, in reference to a good example of 'how to do difficulty right but still keep it fun' Initial thoughts: You do a phenomenal job of 'tongue-in-cheek'. The humor really makes you feel like you want to read more carefully so you don't miss the...

I only started this recently, as I had come across it when browsing months ago but not checked it out. I recalled your very good thoughts about "how difficult should it be to have sex in interactive erotica?" and wanted to check it out. Although I have not come close to fully exploring, I...

I came to see what people's thoughts were on topics like this, and I was glad to see your clearly stated example about the Oxford Comma: It links dialogue verbs to the dialogue, while periods separate the two. Many arbitrarily cross them up (both reading and writing). Your second point about the...

I haven't published anything here yet, and it's been a few years since I've been active posting anywhere, but... When I was young and first started writing, I was really interested in the stats that my stories got: views, likes, reposts. I was a little obsessed with it. But, what I always liked...

Your initial thoughts were mine, but your second point gives me pause. I was intending on using the 'bad ends' / dead ends as a (Go back and try again, dude) type of slap on the wrist. But they're sparse on erotic writing (which ties into Insert's excellent recommendation). Thank you also for...

Do you think that there should be 'bad ends' / 'dead ends' and rejections in a story? For me, I grew up on "Choose your own adventure horror" books. Surviving these things were always very difficult, but that's what I liked about it the most. But how about you guys in erotica? Personally, I...