TaniaTulle
Ms, Madam or slut
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So I recently posted my first story in the non-con/reluctance genre. I was really pleased with how it turned out overall. Just before publishing, I went back in to punch up the dialogue—unfortunately, I did it a bit too late at night, and ended up leaving in a couple of small errors: a few typos and a minor grammar mistake. Nothing major, but enough that I can see it affecting the score a little (fair enough—note to self: don't edit while sleepy!).
The story got off to a great start with strong view numbers and a solid early score. But then the rating started to dip, and now I’m just clinging to 4.5—my lowest so far. I’m guessing that’s partly due to the genre shift (I usually write in a different one), and perhaps people tend to score more critically in this category, and of course there were the aforementioned minor errors. That said, all the comments have been nothing but kind and positive so far.
Here’s what’s puzzling me: days later, the story is still pulling in really strong view numbers—around 8,000 views in just a few days and still going. It’s not featured on any of the top or new stories lists any more (due to the score), and it’s not in my usual genre, so I wouldn’t expect my regular readers to be driving the traffic. It's getting more views than many of the stories posted just before and after in that catagory.
The title is ok, I wouldn't say its one of my best (I found out I was the 10th story to use that title
). Again intro is ok. Nothing I can see particularly standing out. I did use tags, and picked the most popular ones as I always do. Did I get the mix just right?
The only thing I did differently this time was post in the New Story Advertisements forum. Could that be the reason? Lots of people post there, does it have the same effect?
I know there might not be a clear answer to this, and I really wish we had better insight into where views come from (and whether people are just clicking on page 1 and bouncing). I’m certainly not complaining—the response has been great and I’m proud of the story—but I’m just curious how visibility works here once you drop off the front page and aren’t on any featured lists.
Has anyone else seen something similar?
The story got off to a great start with strong view numbers and a solid early score. But then the rating started to dip, and now I’m just clinging to 4.5—my lowest so far. I’m guessing that’s partly due to the genre shift (I usually write in a different one), and perhaps people tend to score more critically in this category, and of course there were the aforementioned minor errors. That said, all the comments have been nothing but kind and positive so far.
Here’s what’s puzzling me: days later, the story is still pulling in really strong view numbers—around 8,000 views in just a few days and still going. It’s not featured on any of the top or new stories lists any more (due to the score), and it’s not in my usual genre, so I wouldn’t expect my regular readers to be driving the traffic. It's getting more views than many of the stories posted just before and after in that catagory.
The title is ok, I wouldn't say its one of my best (I found out I was the 10th story to use that title
). Again intro is ok. Nothing I can see particularly standing out. I did use tags, and picked the most popular ones as I always do. Did I get the mix just right?The only thing I did differently this time was post in the New Story Advertisements forum. Could that be the reason? Lots of people post there, does it have the same effect?
I know there might not be a clear answer to this, and I really wish we had better insight into where views come from (and whether people are just clicking on page 1 and bouncing). I’m certainly not complaining—the response has been great and I’m proud of the story—but I’m just curious how visibility works here once you drop off the front page and aren’t on any featured lists.
Has anyone else seen something similar?
. Just wondered how the heck they were finding it still as it's dropped off all the lists I can see for the last couple of days (which is normally how my stories have got the big viewing bumps).
