This has probably been posted elsewhere but I'm currently unsure if I should post my story as one whole submission or split it off into multiple parts(it has about 8000 words currently). How do people often decide this? Also, if I prefer my story to receive more views/comments, which would be better?
Single story or multi-part?
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oggbashan
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8,000 words is NOT a long story. I have posted more than 30,000 words as a single story.
If the story already splits into suitable chapter breaks you could post it either as one piece with the breaks marked internally, or as separate chapters.
You could lose readers with each subsequent chapter but those who stay obvioulsy like what you are writing.
If the story already splits into suitable chapter breaks you could post it either as one piece with the breaks marked internally, or as separate chapters.
You could lose readers with each subsequent chapter but those who stay obvioulsy like what you are writing.
lovecraft68
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If you have enough to do a few chapters you'd build a bigger readership than with a long stand alone I would think.
But the stand alone may get more total votes and a better score. First chapters are generally lower scoring, but with a lot of votes. As series move on the score goes up but votes and etc drop because casual readers bail and you have a dedicated readerhip
But the stand alone may get more total votes and a better score. First chapters are generally lower scoring, but with a lot of votes. As series move on the score goes up but votes and etc drop because casual readers bail and you have a dedicated readerhip
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Ogg is right. 8,000 words is just barely onto the third Lit. page. If you broke that down further, you're very likely to get irritating "it's too short" comments.
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You're not lying. I just posted the third chapter in an EC series, and it's received about 1/10th of the votes the first one has. This wasn't a surprise, but it's still underwhelming.
My choice to post it in parts was because I wanted cliffhangers at the end of each chapter. The cliffhangers definitely resulted in more loyal readers, though.
And they're right about the word count. If I'm calculating correctly, 8,000 words equals about two Lit pages. (What sr71plt said--saw it too late)
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