41 likes but no contribution, why?

In 6 years you've written 18 chapters of no notable length for this story, with little sex or humiliation or plot development.

That's an average of 3 short chapters a year.

I *love* raceplay, but its quite niche and potentially offensive. Non Con is only somewhat broader in appeal.

You're going to have to be the one to carry your story. When you start a story, you can't go in with the expectation anyone will *ever* jump on board. (Good) writing is a big time and energy investment for almost everyone.

Now, some stories feel accessible to authors and/or they get lucky, and get easy contributions. Even luckier, if they can get consistent contributions.

That is not the norm. You are responsible for carrying your own story, with the best writing you know how to. Staying consistently updated, getting front page exposure with interesting, accessible, and sexy storylines will help.
 
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I'd like to add, even when you get contributors, putting pressure on them to write is the fastest way to LOSE them.
I find the best way to get people to read your work (Because that's the best way to get contributors, IMHO) is to write more and take personal interest in everybody who wants to help out. Feedback, ideas, editing, whatever... It's your story in the end, and it's only going to be as good as the work you're willing to put in.
I honestly really regret some of my earlier stories where I didn't take as active a role in my contributors, and as a result, I feel the story suffered. In addition, I used to promise people that I would write a thread for their stories if they wrote one in mine, but that ended up with a lot of feeling of obligation on both ends, and that doesn't help the creative process at all.
 
brevdravis said:
In addition, I used to promise people that I would write a thread for their stories if they wrote one in mine, but that ended up with a lot of feeling of obligation on both ends, and that doesn't help the creative process at all.
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Oh, is THAT why you stopped doing that? Because having someone to bounce ideas off of and do counter point too was helping my creative process a great deal...

In response to the OP, getting outside contributions of any kind is rare, getting enough to advance your story without you doing the lions share of the work is almost unheard of. I recommend that you start working hard on your story and posting new content regularly, and even if you do, don't expect anyone to jump in and join you, very few people will ever do that...
 
No offense meant. I was enjoying the XCOM thread in your story and working with you, but I hit a creative wall on a LOT of things and feeling like I HAD to write was making it worse. (Only reason I even bothered posting my current story was because I thought it wouldn't be much work... Never assume... :) )
 
Loeman said:
In 6 years you've written 18 chapters of no notable length for this story, with little sex or humiliation or plot development.

That's an average of 3 short chapters a year.

I *love* raceplay, but its quite niche and potentially offensive. Non Con is only somewhat broader in appeal.

You're going to have to be the one to carry your story. When you start a story, you can't go in with the expectation anyone will *ever* jump on board. (Good) writing is a big time and energy investment for almost everyone.

Now, some stories feel accessible to authors and/or they get lucky, and get easy contributions. Even luckier, if they can get consistent contributions.

That is not the norm. You are responsible for carrying your own story, with the best writing you know how to. Staying consistently updated, getting front page exposure with interesting, accessible, and sexy storylines will help.
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I stopped writing for a while because I was somehow disappointed as there was no feedback and no contributions. But I got a lot of likes and favs, and I started writing some chapters again, and a friend did, too. I hope this will encourage others to add to the story.
 
Belinda35 said:
I stopped writing for a while because I was somehow disappointed as there was no feedback and no contributions. But I got a lot of likes and favs, and I started writing some chapters again, and a friend did, too. I hope this will encourage others to add to the story.
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I think there is no clear receipt to get contributions. It just happens or not.
If I contribute to other stories, I will have less writing time for my other projects, so besides writing a chapter out of a whim, I usually think carefully about where I add on. That's especially true if it is an idea which can't be told in one chapter.


To get Feedback in form of Likes, readers have to notice your story. As your story didn't have time in the New Stories section, it has to get the attention of the readers through time on the Updated Story section. To get more attention there, I'd recommend a nice, appealing picture.


About feedback on the content itself...
The introduction consists of 333 words and uses the word "she" 25 times (every 14th word). A lot of them (at least the half) could be avoided if you alternate in writing "she", "Angelina", "Prof. Williams", or using a descriptive term like "the intelligent woman", "the black woman".
I'm not a native speaker and one reason for reading and writing is to improve my language skills, so I'd prefer fewer typos. (Using Grammarly on your introduction shows 9 issues.)
In the last paragraph, instead of letting her hear a tire blow, you could make her hear a loud bang. Her heart could skip a beat as she might mistake the sound for a gun before feeling the car swerve. After stopping the car, she could groan in frustration. Why doesn't she have a spare tire? Why doesn't her phone work? Is it one of her habits not to load the cell or is there no service? (though that won't quite fit the upper-class district)
 
Kore said:
I think there is no clear receipt to get contributions. It just happens or not.
If I contribute to other stories, I will have less writing time for my other projects, so besides writing a chapter out of a whim, I usually think carefully about where I add on. That's especially true if it is an idea which can't be told in one chapter.


To get Feedback in form of Likes, readers have to notice your story. As your story didn't have time in the New Stories section, it has to get the attention of the readers through time on the Updated Story section. To get more attention there, I'd recommend a nice, appealing picture.


About feedback on the content itself...
The introduction consists of 333 words and uses the word "she" 25 times (every 14th word). A lot of them (at least the half) could be avoided if you alternate in writing "she", "Angelina", "Prof. Williams", or using a descriptive term like "the intelligent woman", "the black woman".
I'm not a native speaker and one reason for reading and writing is to improve my language skills, so I'd prefer fewer typos. (Using Grammarly on your introduction shows 9 issues.)
In the last paragraph, instead of letting her hear a tire blow, you could make her hear a loud bang. Her heart could skip a beat as she might mistake the sound for a gun before feeling the car swerve. After stopping the car, she could groan in frustration. Why doesn't she have a spare tire? Why doesn't her phone work? Is it one of her habits not to load the cell or is there no service? (though that won't quite fit the upper-class district)
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I did change the introduction after your feedback. I am still not sure about the titlepicture, as I don't know how to get a good picture without copyright infringement.
 
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