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I use it religiously for Shift. I splurged on the pro version (if you use the free one for a few days they'll send you a 40% discount offer for teh pro after a few weeks), and couldn't be happier with it. It's not a cure-all by any means, but it helps make things just a tiny bit easier and...

Argh, I'm a twit and opened up Benjephinet's novel thinking it was yours.

I haven't read you, but I've been writing for a while and all I can tell you is that you should try and ignore the star rating system. 1 & 2 star basically mean dislike, 3, 4 & 5 stars are basically likes. Of the 13 ratings of your work, you have 9 likes and 4 dislikes. If you need something...

books; the Farseer trilogy by robin hobb. the taltos novels by brust. please don't tell my parents I'm a supervillain by richard roberts. Webnovels; a practical guide to evil by eraticearata a journey of red and black my Mecanimus

I think the poll's math isn't as mathy as I'd nominally expect percentages to be.

Every author chooses their own titles, as they should, but I'll confess I usually skip the synopsis-titley ones. I'm not against the multi-word titles, one of my favorite is 'He who fights with monsters', but most I just skip. on the counterargument side, Shift has hit trending a few times this...

I only have a few minutes, so I'll be harsh to get my point across. Sorry if it's too severe; I'll start by my standard advice to any author; get Grammarly, use it, love it. Grammarly doesn't just help with grammar and spelling mistakes; it helps with overusing the same words in the same...

I write untill I have a natural stopping point, or a not too bad cliff. chapter average is around 2,5k, but I usually try to have a minimum of 2k and no more than 4.

I'll state the obvious and say that this isn't a review. It's somebody using the review system to make his personal preference comment about your work more visible. I think. I'm not to clear on half the terms he's using -and can't realy be bothered to google them-, so I'm giving it a 50-50...

I'd like to second this. But it might not be only the length, I had a shorter text with a fee diakritics in there and it self-deleted when saving as well.

this would get me in the same situation, I need the buffer because the later chapters often affect the previous ones. In your case I'd slow down posting and get my buffer back to get some time to be able to edit at keast a day after I'ver written the chapter and at least a daybefore I post it.

What is your usual process? I usually make sure I have three chapters done, then start on three new chapters and edit them for a total of six written and unposted. I then go over the first three again and schedule them for posting. then I write three more and start the entire thing again. If...

I don't wholly disagree with you, but what makes those 2, 3, or 4 stars 'better' is the assumption that people thought about them because they're different from the majority. There's zero evidence that that is the case. I value chapter comments and reviews more than any rating because there's...

Possibly, but when I look at the ratings here they follow the same trend as most other sites with ratings; highest amount given are of the max rating, followed by lowest rating, followed by a smattering of the in-betweens. I think if people realy wanted to give back, they'd give a review, and...

I don't understand how that would reduce reader interaction. I don't think the people who would give the 'meh' rating would take the time to give a 2, or 3-star rating anyway. Those who think long enough to decide between something else than 1 or 5 stars will probably be polarized into the...

In absolute numbers, I agree there isn't much of a difference. But I'm not talking about numbers; I'm talking about how those numbers are perceived and received by the authors. Now I'm not one to make decisions about how others spend their time, and I have no idea what the site's code is like...

Don't see why not, just unlink that rating from the like/dislike count. If you're giving a review, you're already thinking about the rating anyway.

You articulated that so much better than I did. Thank you.

Mostly because it's not for the people giving the rating, but for the authors who write the novels. Regardless of reasoning, a 1 star 'dislike' hurts. Visually, and viscerally, it's 5 times as bad as a 5 star 'like.' If most aren't using the system anyway, why keep it complicated and easier to...

True, except, that's not how the average person works. If a tiny minority of people only uses the ratings 2,3 & 4, those ratings don't improve the system; they only muddle it. I've worked in computer development for a long time, and one of the most critical lessons I've learned is that simple...