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    RR vs SH stat comparison

    As a comparison of RR vs SH, stats from my story that I published on both sites at the same time, beginning 9th Oct. (I released 10 chapters on day one, then 5/wk. 41 chapters and 85k words to-date.) RR: 17.7k views (432 average), 116 followers (readers, basically), 12 ratings, 9 reviews, 4.4...
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    Chapter length?

    The question of 'how long should a chapter be' is asked from time to time on the author's forums, but I wanted to post it here. How long is too long? How short is too short? What would you like to see? For a gauge, a page in a typical novel is 250 words, so 1k is 4 pages, 2k is 8, etc. For a...
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    How do people find new stories?

    My story is being read, which is nice. Thing is, I have absolutely no idea how people are finding it. As a (relatively) new story (at 30ch and 60k words and less than a month old), it's wayyyyyyy down the rankings on almost every measure one might use to find something to read: -...
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    Tag explanations?

    Is there a list somewhere that elaborates on what the tags mean? Most of them are self-explanatory; some are not. Cheers, RM
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    Blob cookie?

    Can someone tell me what a blob cookie means on SH? Is that basically a 'TFTC'? What about two blob cookies, sitting there together? Is that like ... I've eaten too much ... blehhhhhh? I don't get many comments on my chapters, and I feel like I should fully embrace the ones I get.
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    Feedback/critique of chapter one of my story

    I'm getting a lot of folk stop at chapter one. I'd really appreciate a few eyes on it just to see if there's something obvious I'm missing about why it's not grabbing folks. Story page is here: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/1253758/playing-god/ Blurb: Summoned by Lira, a stunning...
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    A lot of readers stopping at chapter one...

    Hey, So new to SH, and have started posting up my first story. According to the stats, a lot of readers aren't making it past chapter one. Is that an accurate reflection, or just the way SH displays things? I've gone over my first chapter a few times, and I can't see any major problems. I...
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