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Sapphire:

--- Quote from: Mariah on January 09, 2011, 06:52:03 PM ---So I guess new writers who don't post on the forums, with arguably great story lines aren't in the running to be featured? What about someone who's been around for a few years, posts on the forum nearly regularly but doesn't have a lot of recommendation s but you like their stuff anyway? Was just confused on that part really.

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I kinda agree with the first question. I for example only post in certain sections of this forum but not every day. If I were featured, then I would certainly be checking to make sure I am active in the thread and participating in the discussion of my story. I understand that it's word of mouth but that equals the most popular.

Mariah:

--- Quote from: Sapphire on January 10, 2011, 03:37:32 PM ---I understand that it's word of mouth but that equals the most popular.
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Yeah that's what I'm getting from it. I've been around AC for a while, post pretty much daily since I came back late last year. So its really a "spread the word" thing.

mare:
Or you can just go in the suggestions thread and suggest your own work. That's perfectly fine too lol

But yes, word of mouth and recs. A lot of people post on this forum who do not write as well so I don't really pay all that much attention to the posting thing when it comes to recs.

When and if you are featured i'll always PM you an entire month before you are featured so this way you have time to pick a story and know some of the questions i'll be asking you etc... That's where being a forum member is important. It's harder to communicate with you otherwise.

Mariah:
Isn't that sort of the same thing as an "Updates" thread? Like letting people aware of your work? It sounds like to me, that its based on recs solely. Which is fine. But then again, not everybody has a fanbase like some writers on that list who've been featured twice.

I don't know, maybe I'm thinking this way because this is how they used to do it at the whimsical archive back in the nsync days. It wasn't based on recs or popularity/reviews but more the webmasters chance of giving everyone (who updates and just writes) a shot at being featured. I thought that's what it means. Didn't know it was like a group appreciation meeting. Nothing wrong with that, just, its almost like you have to wait for someone to catch lighting in a bottle or something. I don't know... lol

RokofAges75:
Mariah, if you were given a month, which of your stories would be featured?  I'm asking because, looking at your profile, all but one of your stories are incomplete and under twenty chapters.  The only one that's finished is a short story.  It's really easier to discuss stories that are complete, near complete, or long enough to have a lot to talk about, even if they're not that close to being finished.

Also, I want to point out that in the 48 months the Featured Story thing has been going on, 48 different authors have been featured (sometimes two in a month when you look at the collaborations that have been featured).  No one has been featured more than twice, and it was only in the last three months of last year that anyone got a second turn, usually 2 or 3 years after their original turn.  It's not like Mare is just rotating through a few of her favorite authors.  It's also not like she just scrolls through the list of all the writers on AC and picks a name at random.  Everyone who has been featured is either a regular on the forum or has been heavily requested, and many of the featured authors have been both.

If you continue to be active on the forum, and if you continue to update and actually finish some of your stories so that people will be able to discuss them, you will be featured at some point.  That's all it takes.  I'm not sure why it's so difficult to understand...

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