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Question of the day part 6
RokofAges75:
^ Love! LOL
I will have to think about the funniest lines/conversations question. I'm not good at remembering stuff like that!
Sakabelle:
Asked this on twitter and Mare said it'd be good here!
So, do you guys think that stories with a banner get read more than a story without a banner? I know for me personally, I never make banners for my one-shots, and they still get read. But I'm wondering what you guys have experienced?
Rose:
So, do you guys think that stories with a banner get read more than a story without a banner? I know for me personally, I never make banners for my one-shots, and they still get read. But I'm wondering what you guys have experienced?
I never make banners for my one-shots (except for the grape story where it was required lol) these days and they still get read as often as my stories with banners. I really don't think they make that great a difference. When it comes to reading, I always look at the summary. Is it grammatically correct, does it make sense, and does it sound interesting - those are what I consider.
The banner (which I always enjoy making) is just something pretty to look at LOL.
The only thing that a banner can do to deter me is if it has the author's picture in there. Because that's so shameless that I can't even consider reading it LOL.
mare:
The banner question
As a reader, I never have clicked on a story because of the banner EVER! I do have to say I have stayed away from quite a few stories because of them. The summary is what I look at but if you are clogging that summary with an over the top banner that I can tell you spent too much time on, in my mind it's more important then your actually story so I don't even bother to read the summary. That's me though lol
As a writer, I haven't used banners for a really long time now and I have a good amount of readers. Would there be more if I had a banner? Probably, but again if someone is only going to click on my story because it looks pretty, I'm not sure they'd enjoy what I have to offer LOL
A good story should speak for itself without the aide of banners or character lists or fireworks or whatever else! That's why I do not allow them in any of my challenges! LOL
I think a great challenge for everyone would be to post a novel without a banner! Not just a one shot but an entire novel! To see if it actually does make a difference! I like that challenge very much!!
Rose:
I wouldn't be able to do that challenge anytime soon :P. I'm determined to finish my current novellas before going into something new LOL.
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