Slow Business
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cantdog
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There are so many stories now. I think most readers stick to the "new" lists unless they're following a link of some sort. Doing one author's works, reading other chapters, maybe, or specializing in one particular sort of story by keyword searches, following installments of chain stories, that kind of thing. I hope the new option to randomize which story you get in various categories will help this, but mostly I believe that the number of stories is the biggest limit.
I get more votes in certain categories but I get the same insane number of "reads" in all of them, over time. We can speculate, but I don't think the idea that the site as a whole is getting fewer hits is borne out by the stats.
I get more votes in certain categories but I get the same insane number of "reads" in all of them, over time. We can speculate, but I don't think the idea that the site as a whole is getting fewer hits is borne out by the stats.
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more flashy story titles would help.
And having a female Lit name.
AND flashing bare tits in your AV.
(Those strategies work for me.)
more flashy story titles would help.
And having a female Lit name.
AND flashing bare tits in your AV.
(Those strategies work for me.)
Colleen Thomas
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A quick look at your author page shows me that you are all over the place, category wise. The most likely answer is that you haven't been able to build a readership in the same way someone who concentrates in one category does. If someone likes your fetish works, they may go to your member page, but they may have no interest in works that aren't fetish related.
4.74 107 37866 Lesbian Sex 07/30/04 approved
One of my stories posted not too long ago. It's in the category I concentrate on and where I have built a readership. If my next story was in a different category, ertoic couplings for example, I could anticipate a far more spartan number of reads & votes. It's not what the pople who read me expect and likely wouldn't appeal to most of them.
Those who rack up the insane numbers of views and votes are generally very accomplished in one category or another and have a following who enjoys that cat and their style.
When you are all over the place, you can develop a following, but you have to be a lot more accomplished and fairly prolfic to keep a story in the new section constantly to get people's attention.
I haven't noticed a decline in the readership as a whole, but I do notice a massive falling off for my experimental works in other cats.
for ex.
4.60 55 7460 Sci-Fi & Fantasy 04/20/03 approved
4.72 25 2883 Chain Stories 07/05/04 approved
4.25 32 7063 Erotic Horror 01/23/04 approved
The ratings and feedback tell me they are pretty good stories, but the views and votes show me that my regular readers don't travel far out of the category. Without the boost that comes with familiarity, the views/votes are pedestrian at best.
Some writers can do it across categories, the Sandman, Lauren-Hynde and Tatelou come to mind immediatly. I think they are exceptions to the rule.
If you dig into one cat & build a following, you will notice over time your views/votes/feeedback increase wtih each work.
-Colly
4.74 107 37866 Lesbian Sex 07/30/04 approved
One of my stories posted not too long ago. It's in the category I concentrate on and where I have built a readership. If my next story was in a different category, ertoic couplings for example, I could anticipate a far more spartan number of reads & votes. It's not what the pople who read me expect and likely wouldn't appeal to most of them.
Those who rack up the insane numbers of views and votes are generally very accomplished in one category or another and have a following who enjoys that cat and their style.
When you are all over the place, you can develop a following, but you have to be a lot more accomplished and fairly prolfic to keep a story in the new section constantly to get people's attention.
I haven't noticed a decline in the readership as a whole, but I do notice a massive falling off for my experimental works in other cats.
for ex.
4.60 55 7460 Sci-Fi & Fantasy 04/20/03 approved
4.72 25 2883 Chain Stories 07/05/04 approved
4.25 32 7063 Erotic Horror 01/23/04 approved
The ratings and feedback tell me they are pretty good stories, but the views and votes show me that my regular readers don't travel far out of the category. Without the boost that comes with familiarity, the views/votes are pedestrian at best.
Some writers can do it across categories, the Sandman, Lauren-Hynde and Tatelou come to mind immediatly. I think they are exceptions to the rule.
If you dig into one cat & build a following, you will notice over time your views/votes/feeedback increase wtih each work.
-Colly
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Colleen Thomas said:
And tits. Don't forget the tits.
(Excellent and informative post, Colly!)
Goldie Munro
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TheWriter said:
Dont specialize then! Write what you want to - depends whether you want the public glory or just the thrill of writing!
Colleen Thomas
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TheWriter said:
Broad based writers can build a following too, it just takes more time and a good volume of work. Remember too that views are not the same thing as reads, anyone who clicks on your story gets counted as a view. If you write shorter stories people can digest in one sitting, you will get fewer views than a story it takes two or three sessions to read.
-Colly
