Dragonshield: Must stop reading and do more writing. But precious, we WANTS TO.
    cephira: How about you post a short story for our multi-author book HOUSE IF INFINITE HALLS??!! Visit Twilightspire's portfolio to enter the House. We'd like to have you join us! -


Dragonshield: Here's a question, how long is a good length to post as a chapter on this site? I would like to start posting chapters of a book, but they run several pages and I am not sure if that is too long.
    Torrence Winter: 1500-3000 is the norm for a chapter. If you need you may break them up into parts. -
    William Walz: ADD is rampant on this site. I think 10-25 words is doable by most. -
    nor84: Since chapters over 1500 words get fewer reviews, here's what I do. The manuscript is created in MSword. I post the chapter on Fanstory without regard to the chapter number Fanstory puts on it. In my word document, the chapter continues to grow until I have around 3000 - 4000 words. In other words, post your chapters in pieces and keep the whole thing in your word processor. -
    adewpearl: I totally confess to having reader's ADD when reviewing. I only read chapters longer than 2000 words if I feel obligated to because I'm reciprocating a review.
    Nor is absolutely right - divide your chapters into installments if you expect to get reviews, at least careful reviews. -
    William Walz: I was only funnin' with ya. Let me put it this way: the smaller the word count, the greater the odds your post will be reviewed. And, of course, the size of the payout. Greed is good. -
    Dragonshield: Thanks everyone that helps a lot now the fun part deciding how to break up the story. -


Dragonshield: Here's a question, someone challenged me, but I have yet to post anything. If I read the rules of the challenges correctly, you take a character from the other persons stories and write an original short with it in 72 hours. So why would someone challenge a person that has not put any writing up to date?
    cephira: Maybe they are attempting to 'tease' you into posting something? -
    cephira: Yoda says you should post something. ;) -