I thought maybe our work can added right away instead of it being reviewed and what about updating our statuses to Facebook or Twitter. Also do stories space have a Facebook page and Twitter page, if not it'll be good to get them to attract more fans and people. Let's make stories space the next Facebook. Also I thought it'll be good for member to create groups on here, create pages for their favorite authors, writer, actors Etc. also let's connect this site to the business and if famous celebrities see it they'll see what members has created for them. I thought maybe in the search bar we find favorite authors Etc. and fan them and let's say that you liked a member you can fan them also and rate their work and comment and review.
Also let's create a book club and have contests. We can also get our work into a book or magazine. I have more ideas too so contact me...
Hi Lisa,
Why don't you send a mass mailing out to all the members urging them to recruit one new member? even if only 10% did, we would have over 50 new members. WOOHOO!!!!
We don't know how much we don't know.
I'd like to see an area in the forum dedicated to readers rather than writers. Somewhere to share book recommendations, tell people what you're reading or have read and what you think of it.
There is a lot of space dedicated to writers on the forum and I wonder if we might attract more community members interested in reading if we expanded the topics in this way.
Well, I'm probably nit picking, but "Ask the reader" still seems to me to be about asking for suggestions rather than sharing.
I scanned down the list of forum topics looking for where to post about books I had read, saw "ask the reader" and "ask for readers' opinions on story ideas" and thought, well I don't have a question for readers, that doesn't seem suitable. Hence the recommendation here.
I wondered if maybe it might not be working to attract readers to the forum, that's all.
I have a few suggestions that you might be interested in-I know what you’re thinking, new guy wants changes. That’s not it at all. These are just a few things I think would be interesting.
Sub-categories on the submission page. I enjoy Flash Fiction, but don’t like Romance (please don’t anyone be offended, it just a personal choice) I know you can use tags but sub-categories might make it easier.
Authors note. Completely optional of course. I personally enjoy finding out how a person got their idea or inspiration for a story.
Weekly writing prompts. Maybe make it a category, or a contest. I would love to see how different writers make use of the same prompt, horror ,romance humor, ect. It would be really interesting.
There's another site I check out once a week just for the interesting prompts, it might be a way to get new members.
These are just some thing I'd enjoy seeing
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May I suggest a Help Desk bit in the forum for bits that aren't covered in the rest of the forum, like on the L place?
Hello,
While the new story commenting feature is welcomed enhancement, I have notice two things about it...
The first is the increased load times. That's partially my problem because I do not have access to broadband, but load times have dramatically increased.
The second is that if an Author "Likes" a comment I get a posting to my Activity Page. If they reply to a comment, or anyone for that matter, nothing. Anyway a Comment "Reply" can be posted to Activity Page or even better a Message sent to me if I've opted for it?
Just asking......
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