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Almost everybody here on SH writes some form of genre fiction - for me, it's mostly fantasy/sci-fi and gender-bent fiction that I write. Within each genre, there are dozens of tropes, and these can be helpful for making worldbuilding easier and letting readers know what to expect. But I'm also a...

When I stop reading a novel or series, it's invariably for one of the two following reasons: 1) There are a few bad chapters in a row - this indicates that the author isn't really into the story anymore or is running out of ideas. In either case, I feel no need to slog through another 10,000...

Readers who haven't added your story to their reading list may miss the story due to the name change. I'd recommend keeping the cover the same, at least for a while, to minimize attrition.

As a writer, I'll always post a few chapters when I first release a story (usually 3 chapters) because, as a reader, I cannot get too immersed/invested in a story until a few chapters in. I am very unlikely to start reading a story if it has less than 4 chapters out, but I don't mind reading...

I, too, am not entirely sure what you're getting at. But it shouldn't matter too much for the answer: Do whichever makes the story a better narrative / whichever is more enjoyable to the reader. A good rule of thumb is that, if you think the way you have your story organized *might be* jumbled...

You might want to look up the "Gods" tag to find stories you'd like. I've written at least one story like this - Scions is almost fully-published here on Scribble Hub. It's a medieval fantasy story about a man chosen by the goddess, Astrilla, to act as her Scion and protect the world from the...

I don't got time to stop for gauze!

I *can* write pretty much whenever, but the problem is that there are a lot of times that there are things I have to do (work, family, random life crap) that *should* take precedence. So I promise myself that I'll write for 30 minutes to reward myself for 3 solid hours of work. Then I end up...

I'm relatively new on ScribbleHub and have a modest reader base at the moment, but I'm always down for an interview.

I find it distasteful and crass to self-promote. Please ignore the fact that I have every single one of my series linked below my posts. I swear I did that by accident.

How does one determine whether something is a troll rating? Because I'm 99% sure there's a small but annoying group of "star snipers" who auto one-star anything they don't like (maybe anything that's not theirs) that shows up in the trending bar. For instance, within minutes of my story...

I'm not sure which story/chapter this is in, so I can't confirm context. But I'll often do something like this to establish the POV of the narrator. We now know that the narrator is standing such that they can see the side of Alex's head when she turns to take in the arcade. It effectively gives...

I've found that asking for comments at the beginning of a chapter roughly doubles the number of comments you'll receive (that is, post a little |author| blurb at the start of the chapter saying something like, "If you like my story, please comment! I love feedback from my readers"). Of course...

I'd like to read/hear some of that! In my steampunk novel, Sisters & Brothers (in-progress, unpublished, loosely based on social strife and worker's movements in the 19th Century), many of the songs they sing are thinly-veiled revolutionary Socialist anthems. Here, the goal is usually to inspire...

In my novel, Scions, the main character wins a contest to be named battle-maiden by singing a drinking song. See if you can deduce the super duper subtle song influence I borrowed to write this viking-esque drinking song: "I sailed across the churning sea and could not take my drink with me...

Of the sites I have stories posted to, I get the most reader feedback and interaction here. However, they are also demanding beggars who want you to write until your fingers bleed! In your case, that might be a good thing, though!

I've been thinking of starting a Discord, myself, and would love to hear about the experiences and impressions of fellow authors who have started their own. Such as: is it good for driving interest in your stories? Should you have a decent reader base before you start your Discord? And so on...

Welcome to Scribble Hub! The commenting system and stats tracking on this site is great. Not that my stories get a ton of reads, but once you've built up at least a few regular readers (usually after you have at least one compelling story with a decent number of chapters up), you'll get lots of...

I'm a reasonably fast typer and can write around 800-1000 words per hour if I sit down to focus on writing (obviously, that's a lot lower than my typing speed, but I spend about 2/3 of the time thinking and 1/3 writing in little spurts. It takes me about 20 minutes to outline one page worth of...

I could also go for eldritch horror, too. Maybe some "weird fiction".