I posted a new story today and within minutes got a vote of 1. I had to laugh, I applaud anyone that can get through 25+ chapters that quickly and critique so thoroughly. Someone obviously is not a fan. Hehehe
I posted a new story today and within minutes got a vote of 1. I had to laugh, I applaud anyone that can get through 25+ chapters that quickly and critique so thoroughly. Someone obviously is not a fan. Hehehe
They probably didn't even bother to finish it. They probably just jumped to the end and 1-bombed you...
They probably didn't even bother to finish it.
Who knows if they even started it?
"Interracial, White Male, White Female" is a strange combination. Is that what you meant?
I always edit when I read. Your description starts out in present tense, which is great, but then it changes to past tense. "What started" should be "What starts" and "turned into" should be "turns into." Hope you don't mind the feedback.
Well, your post should be aimed at the OP, @acguy... I no longer have any stories posted here.
I welcome feedback, thanks. I thought I had caught and corrected it all. It's my fault for posting before my editor read the final draft. I was eager to post before I go on a trip.
What about my tags question?
"Interracial, White Male, White Female" is a strange combination. Is that what you meant?
The tags need to be updated. Their is no Asian or South Asian option, one character is Filipino, so is that not considered interracial? WF-Filipino, WM-Filipino, WM-WF interactions.
Technically, Asian and Caucasian could both be considered 'sort of' of white. Or in more technical terms, 'close enough to count'. ;)
Though, normally ANY racial tags are for flagging specific racial biases, as those seeking out those terms are typically seeking those racial biases, and those avoiding them are likewise avoiding the self-same 'racial' tags.
So, in that case, who knows WTF they were thinking of. As if they weren't, they'd merely have tagged it as "romantic love", without the need for any more. Yet, clearly, they chose not to.
Always a good idea, as it's common to mistakenly type the wrong tags, and it's even more common for your infernal spellchecker to correct your assigned tags 'for you', whether those changes are warranted, wanted or not.
So yeah, double-checking is always warrented. ;)
you can see someone gave you a "1", I've never been able to see that...or any other scores given. Just the total
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You can if it is the first score on a story. You click on the story from your stats page and it will give you the current score, even when it is *'d out. I've had the same thing happen where minutes after posting a new story, 1 Vote; Score 1.
Starting on the "Author's Stat" page, you can click on a particular story, and it'll display the votes per chapter, allowing you to compare the votes for each chapter, so comparing how readers respond more to one than they do to the story at large. I've been doing this for years. Though I recall having to select specific 'advanced' options first, which aren't available by default.
This is handy to determining the effect that a specific technique or the use of a particular 'squick' has on your reader responses (ex: rape, gay sex scenes, water sports (not that significant of a squick) or scat (which is).
That's how I first learned the disparate reader reactions over aggressive younger sisters, from those who'd had younger girls, and those who never have, which I then addressed in a later chapter, buying me time to address it fully in an even later recounted flashback.
Those who never had girls, or who 'married' into the role, rarely acknowledge how devoted younger girls can be to a brother who sticks up and defends them, as most only know women once they begin obsessing over men and potential dates. Yet, a strong initial sibling familial response can often last a lifetime, or not, depending upon how their earlier 'defender' responds to their choice of marital partners.
Some rifts can simply never be repaired. :(
I've had that happen a few times. I think some readers, probably ones with no writing ability, enjoy giving us an upraised middle finger.
It's been a while, so things might have changed, but does voting not tell you (the voter) what the score now is for a story, even when it's asterisked?
Yes, but until a minimum number of votes happen, (20 IIRC) it just says "too few votes to display" or something like that.
Ahhh. I thought when you voted on an asterisked story it said "You voted 7 (or whatever) the score is now 5.8 (or whatever) and then the score was hidden again until it hit the magic number of voters.