I have deviated from my normal type of story with something different. It appears based on the votes and the score that people do not like the story, however, based on the views/downloads, the story could turn out to be my most read story.
Would you consider this a flop or a success?
I have another story that is close to my lowest level of readership but it is at or near the highest rated story I have produced. Does this show something about the type of story those who vote prefer versus those who do not vote?
Not many seem to leave comments so it is hard to say what they liked or disliked about any particular story. One story I voted on I left a comment to say what I liked and disliked about the story so it could help the author in the future.
I just uploaded the first 8 chapters of a new story I wrote. It is a lot longer and I will be adding more chapters over the next few weeks. It gets a little darker than most of the stories I have written.
It is about a girl named Lilly, she was 16 when the lockdowns started so during the 2 years when normal teens would be going to their first dance, having their first boyfriend/girlfriend, Lilly was shut away from the world because of the lockdowns. However, her body didn't care and it continued to grow and develop. Now that the lockdowns are over her mental outlook on sex and relationships is trying to catch up to her bodies development.
Do others have thoughts on when you decide to end a story line and when to continue? At the moment I have two related stories "Family Trip to Mexico" followed up with "Best Friend's Daughter." I wrote each of these stories as stand alone finished stories so it isn't like anyone is waiting for additional chapters but there is enough in the second story where I could add additional stories, at least one more.
I don't have anything planned out for another story, but I have thought about it and there are a few things that come to mind on where I could go. However, I also think I could just leave it where it is.
What I may do is not force anything just to write another story, but if something I think about really stands out I could write it and see what I think after I have it written down.
I think writing this has helped me decide how I am going to proceed, but if others have any thoughts on what they do when they are in a similar situation I would be interested in hearing their thoughts.