There are a few things that I think the FF story interface does REALLY well - the ability to edit chapters easily, ability to insert chapters, deleting stories at the top of the list.
There are other formatting issues that could added though, which would be amazing.
1) simple formatting like italics, bold, l/c/r justification
2) font size and color
3) maybe some bbcode functionality like /quote?
This is probably not going to happen, but removing the minimum chapter size would be good. But it’s probably an anti spam thing.
Also, on mobile the cover picture of the story covers up the name of the story.
And it would be great to be able to use capital letters in story titles!
Thanks.
2 years
I would like the ability to turn the “Dating” section off. Once you put anything in there you can’t delete it. I’m not looking to have dating information public.
2 years
Chef Feeder:
Is anyone else having this issue? Everytime I go to make some changes to my story, I find that that the title has been deleted except for the first word, making me have to rewrite the title whenever I make changes.
That happened to me, too, then it stopped.
Maybe it was because I kept trying to have proper capitalization in the title and it didn’t like that. It likes all lowercase.
Side note, is that something that can be fixed?
2 years
Letters And Numbers:
So this would be similar to Needful Things, right?
Pleonectic Indulgences
boom, done
Chef Feeder:
You know, I thought I'd read everything but my mind is drawing a complete blank. Where can I find this "Needful Things?"
It’s a Stephen King book. Not S tier but a solid A, I’d say. One of the good ones.
2 years
So this would be similar to Needful Things, right?
Pleonectic Indulgences
boom, done
2 years
Agreed. There’s something for everyone but that’s not my thing.
2 years
My current story is first person, which I think works well enough. It’s very much a character study and I want the readers to pick up on differences or discrepancies in the things she says.
I had (accidentally) written some of the early chapters in 3rd person, and I thought that was fine too, and it would have been fine if I had kept it on the original track, but the scope changed and I prefer 1st person.
2 years
Letters And Numbers:
If the issue is more the obsessive/obtrusive thoughts than the actual weight issues, talk therapy is always a healthy thing to try out. It’s easier than ever to talk to someone, it can even be chat/text based. Always nice to get a little tune-up for the feelings if you can.
Outofcontrol111:
This is good. You’ve convinced me to talk to a therapist.
Cool! Just my opinion (but shared by many), but therapy is a super healthy thing that everyone can benefit from at different times. It teaches you how to talk to someone else about your feelings and you get to know yourself a little better.
It’s not something that most people are good at right away, so don’t be discouraged! It takes practice and developing comfort with your therapist. But they’re one of the few people in your life who is just there for you (that’s what you pay them for!)
So I don’t think wanting to gain weight or lose weight or watch other people gain weight or any of that is bad! I think it’s wonderful. But obsessive or intrusive thoughts can be very distracting and disruptive, and sometimes disturbing. If those kinds of thoughts are bothering you, I hope you’re able to learn techniques to make them easier to manage. And you might find you still want to be big, which would be fun, or not, which would be fun. Good luck
2 years
If the issue is more the obsessive/obtrusive thoughts than the actual weight issues, talk therapy is always a healthy thing to try out. It’s easier than ever to talk to someone, it can even be chat/text based. Always nice to get a little tune-up for the feelings if you can.
2 years
Feeder862:
This is a very interesting question and one that I had posted to the forum a couple of years ago. The consensus back then appeared to be that people preferred a serialised posting schedule.
Having written many, many stories for FF, I can say that I have always taken the approach of completing the story in its entirity before I even begin to post the first chapter on here. That way, I can feed things in from Chapter One and know exactly where it is going. Everyone who reads my stories and invests time in them will know that they will always be completed. Around half way through the story, I often say in the comments section exactly how many chapters there will be once it is all posted. I think readers quite appreciate this and it encourages them to persevere.
Although a lot of peole complain about the chapter formatting of fiction on FF, I can say with absolute certainty that it improves my stories, allowing me to create a focus for each chapter and avoid aimless rambling. Once the story has been written, I will start breaking it up into chapters and embellishing it with the FF chapter format in mind; adding cliffhangers as needed. I also find that this encourages more comments on the stories, as readers discuss and hypothesise on where the story is going, keeping it higher up on the story section page (a constant battle on this site).
I think the serialised format is preferred for a number of reasons, as have already been noted here. When people click on your new story, they will immediately see how many chapters are in it. A large number puts people off from starting, so beginning small is key. Then again, too few chapters and people won't be interested either. I tend to post a flurry of chapters at the start and then feed in the rest day by day.
I have mentioned it before, but I would love for FF to introduce a system whereby we could schedule story updates so that we could upload story chapters to go live at a certain time each day. As someone has already mentioned, life happens, and it's hard to come back each day to keep uploading chapters.
I hope this helps. Best of luck with posting your stories on here. Despite the often lack of engagement from the readers on here, the story section is widely read and always appreciated.
This definitely helps and I think I will do it this way. I dumped enough over the first few weeks to give people a good bite, now I’ll post one ~2,000 word chapter a week. That will take me into May with what I already have written, and plenty of time to finish it and edit.
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