So...would you start a Story Hour, given these circumstances?

[haiiro]

I miss having a Story Hour, and I'd like to start one up again. As my campaign's been running for nearly a year now, I've got plenty of material already written. I run a website for my campaign, and I post a monthly campaign journal there (one journal per session) -- the Story Hour would be the same material, only broken down into smaller, more frequent posts.

In late 2003, I did start a Story Hour for this campaign. It did OK, but not so well, and I think part of that was due to the massive posts and infrequency of updates: around 6,000-10,000 words, once per month. It never stayed on the first couple pages of the forum, and no one really saw it.

I wanted to start posting smaller chunks, more often, but didn't see the point: if people could just go to the website and real the whole thing in one go, why read it here over time?

I'm already posting it on the web because I enjoy writing the journals -- if I started posting it here, it would be to join the community of SH authors and readers. Feedback, questions, criticism and proof that people actually read the darned thing would be what I was hoping for.

Given all that...would you start this Story Hour?

(Thanks in advance, and thanks for reading this!)

 

[arwink]

Two reasons to go for it:

1) Personally, I prefer reading a chunk of story once a week over reading the entire thing in one sitting, so a storyhour is a better choice than a website with a years worth of gaming on it. I'll check out a new storyhour to see if I enjoy it, I'm not likely to go read campaign logs hosted elsewhere.

2) A bunch who don't regularly go to your website are probably lurking around the storyhour forum, so you're likely to snag interested readers if it's posted there.

 

[Turanil]

Two reasons to go for it:

1) Personally, I prefer reading a chunk of story once a week over reading the entire thing in one sitting, so a storyhour is a better choice than a website with a years worth of gaming on it. I'll check out a new storyhour to see if I enjoy it, I'm not likely to go read campaign logs hosted elsewhere.

2) A bunch who don't regularly go to your website are probably lurking around the storyhour forum, so you're likely to snag interested readers if it's posted there.

3) I would add a good advertising for your website in the signature. Currently the small line doesn't motives me to get a look; but something more visible, maybe with a nice pic, and it clearly tells about the story hour on the website.

 

[haiiro]

Those are very good points, Arwink -- I'm sure you're not the only one who prefers to read your SHs in smaller chunks.

Turanil, I've always tried to my sig unobtrusive, but thanks for the suggestion -- maybe it's time for a change.

Any other opinions?

 

[haiiro]

I'll give this an evening [bump], and then let it sink into oblivion -- I'm still hungry for opinions, though!

 

[Timely Drought]

Do you want feedback? If so, then Story Hour is the way to go.

 

[haiiro]

Do you want feedback? If so, then Story Hour is the way to go.

Thanks for the advice, Timely.