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julilly:

--- Quote from: Mariah on October 22, 2007, 12:21:18 PM ---You misunderstood me again. I'm not posting it just for the comments. Yes, I did say that, no its not a typo. I do want comments, who doesn't? I keep saying this but no one seems to get it. If I really wrote for me soley, I would keep it bottled up in my notebook like it was before. That doesn't make me a bad person to want that stuff as well as just the fact that wrote it. I post it for both reasons. I just hope I'll get something the further I get into this story.

Hopefully a few more chapters in, someone will notice it. But I'll make up a thread for it maybe. Like an updates thread. Thanks for the advice!

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You said you would hate to have to write only in your notebook again, I was merely pointing out that you don't know when someone is going to tune in... so if after 3 chapters you're discouraged because you've had no feedback, and don't see the point in posting because you aren't sure if people are enjoying it, you should do it anyway because someone may not catch up until chapter 10 or 11 and if you had stopped after 3 they would have never gotten to read it in the first place. Plus you may have readers who aren't quite ready to review yet. They may be waiting to see where the story is going. Just give it time.

You don't need to be defensive and snarky every time you talk to people on this board. You respond as if everything is a personal attack against you but it's really not, it has nothing to do with you, it's an observation that would apply regardless of who had asked.

mare:
I would say that the Shameless plugs and pizza board was made just for promoting your writing.

Like Julilly said, everyone can make their own thread and then you post in it when you have an update or news about any particular story. That's about all we do on the site for promotion.

Seems like if you have 100 readers plus though, your promotion is just fine. It's just one of those things that out of 100 people reading maybe 2 will actually take the time to respond to you. That's why the read count is there though, so you can see for yourself that people are reading what your writing.

Mariah:

--- Quote from: julilly on October 22, 2007, 02:03:34 PM ---You said you would hate to have to write only in your notebook again, I was merely pointing out that you don't know when someone is going to tune in... so if after 3 chapters you're discouraged because you've had no feedback, and don't see the point in posting because you aren't sure if people are enjoying it, you should do it anyway because someone may not catch up until chapter 10 or 11 and if you had stopped after 3 they would have never gotten to read it in the first place. Plus you may have readers who aren't quite ready to review yet. They may be waiting to see where the story is going. Just give it time.

You don't need to be defensive and snarky every time you talk to people on this board. You respond as if everything is a personal attack against you but it's really not, it has nothing to do with you, it's an observation that would apply regardless of who had asked.

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Honestly, all you really had to say was the first paragraph. Who knew you could hear what I type? I didn't know. Personal attack? Talk to people? So far all I've really done is ask questions and participate in discussions. Where were the obvious attacks? I have no hidden animosity to anyone here. Good lord, lol all I was asking was just some help because I'm new to this. But really, who are you to say to someone you don't even know that I have some kind of an attitude to people? Honestly, its unecessary when all I asked was a simple question. Its really not, and if you still think that than I'm sorry you feel that way because so far you're the only one.

Mariah:

--- Quote from: mare on October 22, 2007, 02:18:36 PM ---I would say that the Shameless plugs and pizza board was made just for promoting your writing.

Like Julilly said, everyone can make their own thread and then you post in it when you have an update or news about any particular story. That's about all we do on the site for promotion.

Seems like if you have 100 readers plus though, your promotion is just fine. It's just one of those things that out of 100 people reading maybe 2 will actually take the time to respond to you. That's why the read count is there though, so you can see for yourself that people are reading what your writing.
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I was gonna ask where but now I know where to do that thanks. I'm happy there's read counts there, you know its helpful to know people are reading.

RokofAges75:
I read your two chapters and left you a review on AC.  Here's what I said:

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It's hard to give detailed feedback on a story when there's only two chapters to judge it by, but I will try.

Interesting start. Online relationships with Bsb are always sort of intriguing because most of us can put ourselves in that place... we've got online friends, we chat with people we don't really know, and we wonder, what if...?

I think you did a great job at making Iris's reaction in this chapter realistic. I would be weirded out by the way this random guy commented on my journal and then IMed me too.

On the grammar side of things, one thing you really want to watch is staying in one tense. You keep jumping between past and present, and it makes the story kind of choppy and confusing.

Hope that helps!

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Like Julilly said, don't be discouraged because you haven't gotten much feedback yet.  You only have two chapters up; it really isn't a lot to go off of for readers wanting to invest in a new story.  It's hard to think of detailed feedback for only two chapters, unless the opener is really intense or unique or something.  I usually wait until more of the stoy is up, and if I get into it, then I review.

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