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Question of the day part 10
mare:
I'm not sure what else could possibly happen but when it does at least we'll know who to blame! LOL
Sakabelle:
I have been busy this week at work with overtime, and moving at the end of this month so my writing has been put on hold anyway.
I was actually going to post another new chapter of Cruel Angel since I'm pretty far ahead in the posting, but with the way AC's been lately, I've held off. The reason I post is obviously to get comments, I wouldn't post if I didn't care about people reading. I'll definitely keep writing it but I might wait to start posting again until the site is back to being fully functional.
It's just irritating to have only a half functional site. Also I saw in one of the other threads that you can still link to reviews, just not post new reviews. This just proves me to how badly and half-assed eFiction is coded, that disabling reviews doesn't truly disable reviews. *end programmer rant* lol
Pengi:
The reviews are a HUGE part of the writing process for me. As some of you know, I post as I write and I don't usually storyboard the entire story, like I have the general idea mapped out but a lot of things I leave up to the characters and readers as I go. The reviews a lot of times help direct which direction the story will move in. It also helps me correct inadvertent character flaws. Plus, it's just freaking awesome seeing everyone react like crazy to the cliffhangers.. ...
I know it sounds insane, but I'd seriously be taking a creative hit without the reviews and feedback.
I already post on MyConfession.n et and accept reviews via email and twitter (@writerbrat) to keep the lines open to get as much feedback as possible to each of my stories.
I guess I could make an update thread here on the forum, but the way I go on update binges that would be much harder to keep up with for both me and the readers. It could be tough keeping track of what they're responding to, and harder to keep spoilers from happening on other readers... For example, someone's read up to chapter 10 and wants to post a review, logs in and sees the review of someone who's read through chapter 30 and the huge cliffhanger's resolved by then and they know how everything's gonna turn out! And let's face it, my stories ALWAYS have a TON of spoilers. The threat of spoilers might keep people from posting reviews until they've finished the entire story. And like I said, feedback throughout is very important to my writing style.
I mean I'll make an update thread, but I really liked the way AC's review options work. Having the responses in line with the portion of the story that they are about is a great way to keep them organized and avoid spoilers since readers post and it only goes to other responses to the same chapter, not the motherboard of reviews.
I also don't see how posting reviews on the forum saves space compared to posting it inline. Doesn't it generate the same amount of bytes on the host server?
SAVE THE REVIEWS!!!!
Purpura Lipstick:
I missed the review outage I think. I would probably go back and forth whether to update without the review functionality. In the end I would likely update since I get so few reviews in the first place and I would want my readers to have something to read.
I don't tweet about my updates as often anymore but I still usually do twice a day since Twitter feedsget full. I also try to post here.
Rose:
I honestly had no idea how to answer till I had an update ready for the first time in forever. Then I realized I was so excited to update I didn't care if the review feature was down or not. I wanted to share it and knew that while harder, some would find a way to get some feedback my way. And I found the thread worked just fine for me.
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