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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BLACKDIRGE" data-source="post: 3976985" data-attributes="member: 1953">I agree with the Jester; it's a bit early to worry about replies. However, I think the problem with your story hour is that there is no reason for anyone to check it out. This has nothing to do with your writing; most people won't ever get that far. Why? Your title is bland as hell. "War of the Noble Houses" doesn't tell me anything; it's not interesting, and it sounds clichéd. Successful story hours hinge on getting people to look at your stuff, and the best way to do that is to have a snazzy title, or at least an interesting opening post. Also, writing a straight fiction story hour presents another challenge. Most story hours here are based upon a setting or adventure arc people are familiar with, which gives them a frame of reference when reading. Unless you are already an established author on the boards - I'm pretty sure Destan or Sepulchrave could start a story hour about their grocery list and get 10,000 views on the first day - you need something to draw people in. For instance, when I began my first story hour, I chose a subject and a title that I knew would get people to at least take a look at my stuff. I knew that Metamorphosis: From Dretch to Demon Lord would get people to at least take a look (gamers are suckers for demons  <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ); after that, of course, it was all up to me to keep them interested. So, my advice to you is to think about ways to draw people in. Change your title, and give us more information on the setting and characters in your first post. In short, give people a reason to click on your thread.Now, I admit, I didn’t start writing my story hour just for the fun of it; I wanted to get noticed. That may not be your goal, so my advice may not be as useful to you. BD</blockquote>

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