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    Missing Story

    Harem Hotel is in the mind control category, which is one of the ones that need a month old account to view. We have a story discord going here: https://discord.gg/AQhaU7zRFN
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    Getting out of your own way...

    Keep in mind that you can write the backstories and all the interconnected elements of the world and not publish it. I have a character reference page for my own stories that is not on the site and never will be. I use it to help my character feel grounded in their actions and worldview even if...
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    Removing my status on a story I don't own?

    That's happened to me tbh, I engaged with a writer about an idea and they made me an author just in case I wanted to write it.
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    Marcie and Gina read CHYOA

    OK I am up to 49 and finished the 2md and 3rd challenges so a good point for a second trip through the shredder. https://chyoa.com/chapter/Michael-Clark%2C-a-41-year-old-owner-of-a-struggling-firm.1137084 Hit me
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    Dressing characters?

    Generally I will describe a person's outfit the first time they appear on the page having dressed themselves and then not do so otherwise until I want to draw attention to it.
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    CHYOA Remakes

    My story Deep Cover is, in effect, my remake of the game Female Agent. I used to write for it and had a very different vibe in mind than Crush, so I picked it up and took it in my direction.
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    chapter depth sweetspot

    I'm generally not interested in perpetual stories, and when a story balloons that huge its a big signal to me that the author isn't planning to end it. So, I tend to ignore them.
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    Does writing about people that I know or come across make me a bad person?

    Some of the most famous characters are unabashedly based on real people in the authors life. The Dude from The Big Lebowski is heavily based on Jeff Dowd. Kevin Smith wrote Chasing Amy about his relationship with Joey Lauren Adams, then cast her in the movie basically as herself. (Being the...
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    Marcie and Gina read CHYOA

    I thought about doing MM reviews, but my stories are extremely niche so no one would recognize my characters, and I found it hard to find a new angle that wasn't already covered in Gambio's review. *shrug*
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    Don't tell, show...and other annoying habits

    I'll note I've added character pages to my long-form transformation story, so people can come back and remember what I've done to everyone.
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    Help Wanted: Seeking an Author Collab / Writer Jam Session

    Some multi-author stories just include the kinks in the branch title, like Spiral of a Curse: https://chyoa.com/story/The-Spiral-of-a-Curse.36727 (You should read Spiral of a Curse :P )
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    It's one of those great phrases that means nothing but has all kinds of sinister implications

    It's one of those great phrases that means nothing but has all kinds of sinister implications
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    Help Wanted: Seeking an Author Collab / Writer Jam Session

    My suggestion would be to scrap 2 and 3 and just have them fork by long-form and short-form stories. From a reader perspective, whether the story starts on Tuesday or Friday means nothing, but knowing whether its a slowburn or a 2 chapter vignette would be relevant.
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    Help Wanted: Seeking an Author Collab / Writer Jam Session

    My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks! In a row?
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    Enter Details Not used much

    Writing with code snippets in the middle of sentences always kinda broke the spell for me as a writer, and it limits how you can use names in the story. For example, in one of my stories the asshole villain keeps referring to the protagonist by a childish version of his name, which wouldn't work...
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    Top Sex Stories needs an overhaul

    I'd be down with a ranking of "The Authors you Like Most, liked This." Naturally I tend to follow, favorite, and like the authors that are writing things that appeal to me, and they tend to follow, favorite, and like things that would also appeal to me. I've admitted to snooping through the...
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    Alien abduction

    This was made into a plot point by Harry Turtledove and Kurt Vonnegut, so you'd be in great company.
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    To end or not to end, that is the question.

    You can do both, that's the beauty of a CHYOA. I can understand if you want to have one feel like the "canon" ending, but TBH endings on CHYOA are novel enough that I don't think people would mind to find more than one.
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    On Writing Styles and Grammar

    "had come upon me" has entirely different connotations on CHYOA
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    Question about Author Etiquette

    If the story hasn't been updated, you should check the Author's profile to see if they are still active on the site. If its Moderated and they have left, the chapter won't get approved. If the author has left the site, there's a thread where you can ask Friedman to let you take it over.
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