completed stories

[RAWSRAW]

Hi. Is these a way to tell if a story is complete? Some other sites say  "Complete" in the title which is very helpful.

 

Is there also a way to see if you've already read it. There may be . I just dont know where to sp[ot or mark it.

 

Thanks

[viking8x6]

There is at present no way to tell whether a story is complete (only the author would be able to say in any case). It's a great idea, though.

You can see whether you've read anything in a topic when you are looking at a forum. The topics that contain new content have a red bullet or star in the left margin, while the ones you've read completely do not. Unfortunately "new content" includes comments, so it doesn't necessarily mean a continuation. I am under the impression that the new version of the site has a feature planned for this.

 

[Pozzible]

8 minutes ago, viking8x6 said:

I am under the impression that the new version of the site has a feature planned for this.

This piques my interest. Any target date for launch that you can share. The site is terrific as is. Hopefully the same creative team is spear-heading the new site. 

[PozToxVersPig]

2 hours ago, RAWSRAW said:

Hi. Is these a way to tell if a story is complete? Some other sites say  "Complete" in the title which is very helpful.

 

Is there also a way to see if you've already read it. There may be . I just dont know where to sp[ot or mark it.

 

Thanks

@RAWSRAW I don't know much about the process others use.  For me, I tend to write about actual events in my life but in narrative form.  So I have a sense of how much I need to describe.  Up to this point, I typically just provided a blow-by-blow series of events covering shorter periods of time with fewer players.  (PS "Dirty Mexican" still fucks me every few weeks...2.5 years later!  Wow!)

I just started a narrative-blog series which is based on a real event but writing it in more narrative/story telling form.  I spent about 4 months writing 69 chapters (~45-50 once editing complete).  I began to post them as soon as I could go back and edit them.  13 chapters have been posted in under two weeks.  (It was a 6 day intense BDSM experience).  My goal is to publish 3-5 a week.

I'll mark it as "complete" when it is, in 6-10 weeks.  I want to publish incrementally versus all at once, both to get feedback and to keep people interested and have new stuff go out for our community. 

@RAWSRAW is your preference to have a fully completed series like this?  Mine doesn't conclude in a final "finale" moment, so the chapters read independently make you want more, but you're not left with a cliffhanger.

Is that something you wouldn't want to see unless you could see the whole thing start to finish?  I really do appreciate the feedback.

I'm editing as fast as I can - 🙂 I've learned a lot about writing "based on a true story" narratives.  It's not easy to make it factual but also horn-inducing jerk material at the same time. 🙂  You can check out the start of the blog if you'd like here.  I welcome any feedback.