[Poll] What is the most effective way to advertise a Story Hour?

[Femerus the Gnecro]

I'm just wondering how the really 'popular' story hour writers have managed to get so many loyal fans. Many new story hour writers would agree with me that courting intelligent and informative replies is akin to pulling teeth... but there must be a way to do it.

Discuss, discuss!

-Femerus

 

[Lazybones]

It's tough, and lately I've noticed a veritable deluge of new stories (even with a small cadre of loyal bumpers, I often fall to page 2 ). I've been writing my SH now for going on eight months, have completely filled three threads and am well into my fourth, and with all that have managed to amass perhaps 16-18 regular readers. Obviously you can't go in expecting to get the response that Wulf or Piratecat have gotten for their stories. I think creative advertising like this helps (but your average "read my SH" threads don't), but the best way to get readers, in my experience, is to read a lot of story hours yourself, and make a lot of comments.

Plus your material has to be good, of course. If I start a new story hour and there's six spelling and/or grammar errors in the 1st paragraph, I usually don't get much farther. It's not just me, I've talked to a number of folks who say the same thing. That aside, writing a story hour can be a great way to get feedback on your writing, and a fun way of polishing your creative skills.

Good luck!

LB

 

[Moon_Goddess]

More of Mouth.


All the really highly viewed Stories, Siagro, PC's, Lady Despina, have all evolved there readership from the strength of the story


A good story will sell itself, and no amount of advertising will keep readers reading a bad one.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutations,

I only go to read them when bored... very bored.

It would take a miracle to get me actively interested.

FD

 

[MulhorandSage]

I've done campaign write-ups here for a few months and written some fanfic on the Taldren forum for SFC, and I've always thought that shameless bumping and forum announcements was the equivalent of panhandling. You may get enough to feed you, but man, it just lacks dignity!

So count me as supporting a story by including it in the sig. As long as it doesn't run too long, it gives me a chance to judge an author's ability by the style and content of his post, and that tips me off on whether to give it a try.

Scott Bennie

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