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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1755062" data-attributes="member: 158">Whines about the forums belong in Meta. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Seriously, I wouldn't take too much offense to lack of comments on a given story hour; there are many, many story hours, and often people peak in to a new story for a few minutes, see if it interests them, and if nothing grabs them immediately, they move on. What might be a good idea is to take that feedback (126 views and NO posts is feedback just like a post is) and run with it. Do I need to spice my story up? Do I need to add a paragraph or two at the beginning of the first post to hook the casual readers' eyes? Is my formatting of the story being told the most effective and entertaining? These are worthy questions to ask, if attracting readership of a story hour is a goal. Also, an important point to remember is that a story hour is more for the poster and friends, than for the public at large. If you're doing it, it's because you're enjoying it; any other attention is secondary. The top two pages of story hours you see are mostly of people whose sotry hours have become semi-famous here; for those top two pages, there are THOUSANDS of story hours that people rarely read. (Whether they are missing out on some real gems or not, I'll leave to others to pimp.) I should know - I've got one or two buried in there, myself. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Good luck with your story, and the running game, and I'll try to read more than the first post when I get a chance this evening!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 1755062, member: 158"] Whines about the forums belong in Meta. :) Seriously, I wouldn't take too much offense to lack of comments on a given story hour; there are many, many story hours, and often people peak in to a new story for a few minutes, see if it interests them, and if nothing grabs them immediately, they move on. What might be a good idea is to take that feedback (126 views and NO posts is feedback just like a post is) and run with it. Do I need to spice my story up? Do I need to add a paragraph or two at the beginning of the first post to hook the casual readers' eyes? Is my formatting of the story being told the most effective and entertaining? These are worthy questions to ask, if attracting readership of a story hour is a goal. Also, an important point to remember is that a story hour is more for the poster and friends, than for the public at large. If you're doing it, it's because you're enjoying it; any other attention is secondary. The top two pages of story hours you see are mostly of people whose sotry hours have become semi-famous here; for those top two pages, there are THOUSANDS of story hours that people rarely read. (Whether they are missing out on some real gems or not, I'll leave to others to pimp.) I should know - I've got one or two buried in there, myself. :D Good luck with your story, and the running game, and I'll try to read more than the first post when I get a chance this evening! [/QUOTE]

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