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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 479335" data-attributes="member: 11">1. How many sessions deep are you into your story? (meaning- how many single game sessions have you written up for your SH so far?)I have written up 33 sessions as of last night.2. Everyone seems to agree that a successful story hour can only come about as a result of passion on the writer's part for the story, not the glory. Still, how much do you value reader feedback? I like it – but I just like knowing people are reading – as long as they are reading they must love it or really hate it – so the individual comments  are not as important – but I still like reading them, and wouldn’t mind having more.3. What percentage of your own players read the story, would you say? Hmmm, about 50%?4. Do you value the page views column on the main page? If so, do you feel like jumping from a bridge when you see Piratecat's views? Eh, I admit I compare sometimes – but not all of us have a bot that constantly views the pages for us like PC does. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />5. What's the worst in-game moment you've had to write up? Examples could include a total party kill or heavily hyped bad guy going down in the first round, etc... Things that just don't really happen in epic fantasy fiction. I love writing them all – esp. the embarrassing scenes – it is a challenge for me to write quirky “D&D” stuff into the narrative and make it work.6. What three things (single sentences each) would you say are most important in a good SH? Hmm. . . I think it is different for everyone – but for me:a)    sense of place –the setting should come to life so that the PCs do not seem to be acting in a vacuum.b)    Dialogue.  Each character should have a “voice” – they come alive in their own words.c)    Action Scenes.7. What three things (single sentences each) would you say are most important in a good SH writing style? Again, this is different for everyone. . .  I like a) attention to detail, b) lots of dialogue, c)fast-paced combat scenes.8. How many sessions behind are you in your writing, compared to where the campaign actually is, in-game? Ugh, 13 sessions.9. Have you ever tried to turn events (discouraging a certain course of action, cheesing a rule, etc.) in-game for the benefit of the story hour? If so, have your players called you on it? Nope.10. If your story hour were published in novel form, paste here what you would want as the first-page teaser: several paragraphs from the story to hook the attention of a browsing bookstore patron. EDIT: quick note- people seem to think I mean the same old "give us a few paragraphs about your SH". I mean "Give us a few paragraphs FROM your SH". From Session #2711. Give us a link, pookie.How about three?<a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1487" target="_blank">”Out of the Frying Pan – Book I: Gathering Wood</a><a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35" target="_blank">”Out of the Frying Pan – Book II: Catching the Spark (Part I)</a><a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6655" target="_blank"> ”Out of the Frying Pan – Book II: Catching the Spark (Part II)</a></blockquote>

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