TGsoGood wrote:Maybe we can have Story Spotlights, where a story or 2 is spotlighted on the home page once the author has made so many post in a specific story thread.
Or maybe once the story gets past the first offseason. This would require authors to keep going with their stories but also give them incentive.
In order to have your story spotlighted the author would need to be past their first season, provide a short summary of what is happening with out revealing all, and give some insight to how they came up with different ideas for the story (ie character names, plot, how they decided what team to select etc)
I think, from my observation, it is hard for writers to get out of the gates without people reacting to them. Unfortunately, while I think this is done for fun, it has led to deaths for many stories as the returns aren't worth the time invested. That becomes hard to fight through and in my opinion, all the new stories then quick deaths kills momentum for the section.
Andrew wrote:Of course, the audience also has to want to engage, and I think these days, people are looking for content that talks about the best builds, unstoppable jumpshot animations, that sort of thing.
cavs4872 wrote:I was literally just thinking about reviving all three of my stories this weekend (Live 10, 2K19 and 09: The Inside), but at the end of the day I just don't have time for it: it's just like a tertiary thing in my life. There's work > video games > dynasty stories. But I don't think the passion ever dies for anyone: I come back, Lamrock comes back, Thierry comes back, Kevin comes back, etc.
cavs4872 wrote:I've actually been so desperate to do a story without the time that I actually thought of just pure simming without playing games, so it sounds like we're all in the same boat.
TGsoGood wrote:I think keeping all the stories in this section will better benefit those playing older games.
Andrew wrote:So, any more suggestions for new names for the section? Thought we could brainstorm a few as a group.
[Q] wrote:Fan Fiction might be a good descriptor to make it more visible
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