http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Tag: help - Recent Topics en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:58:02 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/which-is-the-more-compelling-description#post-6862 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:51:22 +0000 Erin Klitzke 6862@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I have two different teaser descriptions of <em>Awakenings</em>, one here and one at Muse-Success. I figured I'd ask folks to see which they found more compelling (I haven't gotten reviews at either venue either way, but I thought I'd ask).</p> <p>Description #1:</p> <blockquote><p>On the campus of a small Michigan university, a small knot of survivors struggles to survive the end of the world. When everything they have ever known is spiraling out of control, these few survivors begin to awaken to supernatural gifts they were born with, gifts and sensitivities many of them were not aware of before the end of everything. Now, their newfound senses may mean the difference between survival and death in a new world struggling to be born and forever changed.</p> <p>As technology dies, the things that modern society has taught us not to see become seen again, become more potent and more dangerous than ever before. A few of these survivors already know that. In the birthing pains of a new world, a new humanity, many more will become painfully aware that the things that go bump in the night have teeth and a toehold in our world as well.</p> <p>Denial is not an option. Acceptance of inborn gifts, of mystical abilities and energies, is a key to survival in the days and years after the end of everything.</p></blockquote> <p>Description #2:</p> <blockquote><p>Marin Astoris saw the world ending a few years ago, but she thought it was going to die in a nuclear war. She was mercifully wrong, but now she and her friends have been left on the shattered campus of her Michigan university alone to face the birth of a new world. Many of them slowly awaken to inborn metaphysical abilities that may mean the difference between life and death for these survivors of the world's end as they struggle to survive the death of the modern world.</p> <p>Thom Ambrose's relationship with Marin has been on the rocks for the better part of a year. He sees what she sees, but he can't allow himself to believe in the visions he has. If he dares to believe, he's going to lose the one thing in the world he loves the most: her.</p> <p>It's thirty-some college students and one professor trying to survive the end of the world they knew and the birth of a new reality. If they can survive the first year, they just might have a shot.</p></blockquote> <p>Thanks! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/adding-story-navigation#post-6422 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:26:31 +0000 John Crandall 6422@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Not sure if this is the right place to add this (as a new member of a forum, i'm never sure where to add stuff) but I was wondering if anyone can help me with a navigation problem?</p> <p>My end goal for the <a href="http://www.stuckstation.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.stuckstation.com</a> is to have individual posts with buttons that say Start from the beginning, Previous Chapter, Previous Post, Next Post, Next Chapter, Latest Post.</p> <p>But all my previous efforts using the php next post thing hasn't worked. </p> <p>Is there an easy solution? I'm hoping the answer is a good solid maybe. </p> <p>Thanks for your time. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/poll-what-do-you-use-to-make-your-web-pages#post-4509 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:44:41 +0000 Drayco84 4509@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>For anyone that's come by and looked at my site: <a href="http://dragonoftwilight.net" rel="nofollow">http://dragonoftwilight.net</a>, you'll notice one thing... IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP! (Then again, maybe it's just me and I'm using "author vision", where one's own works look like sins against the natural order, despite your best attempts at trying to make something decent and/or beautiful.) Now, I USED to use KompoZer, but I've recently switched over to SeaMonkey Composer, which isn't all that different. </p> <p>So, to the main point, please list your site and what you used to make it. Something like...</p> <p>Site: <a href="http://dragonoftwilight.net" rel="nofollow">http://dragonoftwilight.net</a><br /> Tool: SeaMonkey </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/everything-you-need-to-know-about-web-fiction-in-one-post#post-5818 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:56 +0000 Eli James 5818@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hi guys,</p> <p>I've posted a summary of everything we've learned, collectively, about web fiction in a <a href="http://www.novelr.com/2010/08/25/all-we-know-about-web-fiction">post on Novelr</a>. I hope this helps, especially if you're new to web fiction. And if you're not new, well, I hope it provides some insight about this thing that we're doing. </p> <p>It's been some time since I've looked at the older ideas, by the way. If you see something odd, or a post that's just wrong - let me know in the comments and I'll respond as soon as I can.</p> <p><a href="http://www.novelr.com/2010/08/25/all-we-know-about-web-fiction" rel="nofollow">http://www.novelr.com/2010/08/25/all-we-know-about-web-fiction</a></p> <p>Godspeed,<br /> Eli </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/translating-your-fiction#post-5425 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:13:18 +0000 intergal 5425@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Recently, I'd followed some advice from Miladysa and set up a sitemeter account to try and monitor the traffic for my web serial and what not. It had been recommended as an alternative to Google Analytics. I've since noticed that I've had a few visits from readers in Japan (one of whom apparently lives in the gardens at the Imperial Palace), and a follower on Twitter now as well, and I had been toying for much longer with the idea of possibly posting 'Cold Ghost' in Japanese as well.</p> <p>I suppose the actual question is, are there many other web authors who are having their works translated, or translating them themselves? If you spoke another language to a high level, is it something that you would ever consider? Do you think it would be a worthwhile venture to widen your reader base? Have you ever used non-English language net-working sites like mixi to promote your weblit?</p> <p>In my own case, I do speak Japanese to a high level and I think on a personal level, it would mean a great academic development for me. Part of the story is set there, and a good chunk of the cast speak Japanese. I often plan Yukihiro's dialogue in Japanese in my head first. </p> <p>My main concern is getting a proof-reader and editor - I've since lost my English language editor to the ravages of her exams, never mind getting a Japanese language one. Also, I feel like no matter how high my level is, if I'm submitting something important, I need a native speaker to check over it for me. I might be able to prevail on friends, but I've not really publicsed what I do with most of my old uni classmates. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/update-vs-submission#post-3767 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:18:13 +0000 April.Raines 3767@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've recently tried to update my Shadows of Sicily information using the new automated submission process but it doesn't seem to have taken. I've not sure if this is a time thing - though I submitted GURD 2108 at the same time and it's info is up - or if there's a different process I'm supposed to follow for updating vs. submitting.</p> <p>Help, please! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/please-help-with-my-siteweebly#post-5132 Sun, 02 May 2010 10:43:18 +0000 Richard Deleare 5132@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I'm coming up on one hundred pages of my novel and I think it's about time I put it up online. So a little while ago I went ahead and made a website on weebly, seeing as I just don't have time to learn too much about website creation. creating tabs to put my poetry under and an about me section was pretty easy, but making the section for my writing the way I want it isn't something weebly can do by itself.<br /> I want the tab with the book in it to be a table of contents, with each chapter being a link to a different page, but I don't want those pages to be in the tabs up top and I don't want it set up like a blog. I'm pretty bad with all this junk, and I'd really appreciate some help. As soon as I fix the site and copyright my work I plan to post the site here. Thanks in advance for anything you can do for me, if you want to give me advice on entering in custom code please keep in mind I am a laymen. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/preparing-to-launch#post-4597 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:49:56 +0000 patji 4597@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I took my web serial down a year ago to plan out the story better. I've got a full season of episodes/chapters planned out and before I start posting them I wanted to know what steps are recommended for pre-launch. My previous attempts were to just start posting the parts as I wrote them up, but I never knew how to promote my web serial. And here I am... ready to learn so please teach me.</p> <p>Thanks in advance. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/testing-the-waters#post-3510 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:43:08 +0000 Janoda 3510@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hi all.<br /> The last weeks I have been planning a project for promoting and spreading web-fiction.<br /> If all goes according to dreams it should change the web-fiction landscape forever (insert evil I'll take over the world laughter here). If not it should provide a steady and large amount of traffic to web-fictions everywhere. If I fail completely I'll have learned a lot and I'll share what definitely not to do to promote yourself with all web-fiction authors.</p> <p>I don't want to share to much of the plans for now, because it's all still very rough, and I don't want others to beat me to it. However I can share with you that one part of the plan includes a sort of web-fiction carnival. So here comes the 64.000 $ question, how many would be willing to write a short-story, a short serialised story, a poem, or something else for this? Something like a guest-post on a blog, only this would be quite a blog, and the post would be fiction.</p> <p>The 32.000 $ Question is how many would/could offer something as a prize. (Like a free ebook, a voucher for something, anything you can imagine).</p> <p>So far I can't guarantee you much for this, since the project is still very much in the womb (I'm not even sure that the egg and sperm have already met), but I can guarantee you that you're gueststory will be accompanied by a link to your site and works, a short blurb about you and your work and an awesome social-media promotion tool (which won't promote the guest-story, but your website).</p> <p>Thanks for reading</p> <p>Edit to add: that this project is to promote OTHER Web-Fiction, not my own.</p> <p>Edit to add: What am I looking for?</p> <p>Anything goes. I want to show off the wide spectrum of fiction available out there. I'd prefer something that's linked to what you're doing, but anything you feel shows off your writing style should do. That is, if it fits the basic quality requirements in grammar and spelling. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/critique-exchange#post-1346 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:06:32 +0000 eikasia 1346@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>The Review Exchange thread made me think of it...</p> <p>Is there anyone out there who'd like constructive criticism on their writing? As web authors, many of us do not have the kind of help published authors do. We've only got ourselves to catch the general suckiness of a paragraph, or the word that SOUNDS like a word, but really isn't, between each update. So I was wondering...does anyone want to exchange critiques? Reviews are with the reader in mind. THIS feedback is meant to help the writer directly.</p> <p>I myself am up for just about anything. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/also-site-design#post-1127 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:56:07 +0000 Reyben 1127@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>...Hello, I'm new here and won't go on about that. Like Spotty below, I also seek and beg for people to check my site design- pretty please with cherries and chocolate? A review by Morgan quite rightly pointed out my site was insanely poorly formatted, so I've given it a major overhall- but the site designer keeps bugging up the graphics, so I'm not entirely sure everything's working. Also, just general opinions on accessability would be welcome.<br /> Is that how you spell accessability? Never mind.</p> <p>The site can be found at: </p> <p><a href="http://www.warriorverse.350.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.warriorverse.350.com/</a></p> <p>Anybody who helps out shall have my undying attitude and, if I should somehow bump into them in real life, a free corn muffin. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/direct-help-and-feedback#post-1001 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:01:29 +0000 apocalypsenovel 1001@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I have to say, I was impressed with the amount and quality of feedback received by the previous post asking for help. I'd like to start a new topic that allows others to get the same type of feedback on their sites. This would be helpful to "newbies" and veterans alike. Additional feedback on the story itself would be great, but this iste has it covered with "Member Reviews". </p> <p>I'd like to start with my site, ( <a href="http://apocalypsenovel.weebly.com" rel="nofollow">http://apocalypsenovel.weebly.com</a> ) , and I promise to do the dame for anyone that reviews my site or anyone else's in this topic. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/needing-guest-content#post-637 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:05:59 +0000 Ryan Span 637@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hi guys,</p> <p>I'm taking a holiday off Street, so I'm looking for a bit of guest content to keep things interesting. If you have any stories lying around, or want to create something new, I'll be happy to run it as long as it's good! Any length is fine, and any subject -- I'd prefer cyberpunk or other gritty sci-fi but I'll consider any sort of piece. As I said, the only requirement is that it be good.</p> <p>In return you'll get a big splash intro for you and your story, a link attached to every page/segment you contribute, and a permanent link off the Street site. I'll also consider writing guest content in return after my break.</p> <p>Art would be acceptable as well, I certainly wouldn't turn up my nose at it.</p> <p>Please post here if you're interested or e-mail me at cs - at - streetofeyes - dot - com. I'd like to run the first bit on wednesday if possible, but there's no significant time limit.</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Ryan </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/opinions-on-site-readability#post-845 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:27:02 +0000 Paulgswanson 845@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Ok-ok I know I'm gonna get yelled at for the font thats not been changed yet (I'm getting around to it... I just need to tackle one thing at a time and I'm not terribly PHP savy)however, are there any suggestions for what I do have so far?</p> <p><a href="http://fragment.streetofeyes.com/" rel="nofollow">http://fragment.streetofeyes.com/</a></p> <p>The font WILL be changed...eventually, anyone know a good font to change everything to? </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/so-i-wrote-a-review#post-306 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:02:49 +0000 Airship 306@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>...and forgot to give it a title :x</p> <p>I've read a lot of reviews where people said they would edit them later if something happened with an unfinished story, so I shrugged at my error, before trying to edit it. Then I found that either I'm too dumb to see it, or one can't edit the reviews at all.</p> <p>A little help would be appreciated :P</p> <p>Regards<br /> -T </p>