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I never knew this community even existed online, and I can't wait to start sharing stories of my own!

Just wanted to credit Jenna and Julien's podcast for bringing me here, and many others, I assume.

Happy reading and writing!

I came from their podcast as well! I decided to play the game myself and then watch theirs to keep everything genuine for myself. I'm excited to start writing too! I have a ton of ideas.

Good luck in all your writings!

:) Hi, hello & welcome to the both of you! If you guys need any inspiration there are a lot of awesome stories/games on this site. If you like, I will use copy and paste to recommend to you guys what I recommend to others:

I especially recommend the works by BerkaZerka, Ogre11, and EbonVasilis. So far I have only been able to read some of each of their impressive works in the limited time I am here. I suspect all their works are awesome!

BerkaZerka’s Dead Man Walking (Zombie Survival) is extremely well written [I managed to get the best possible ending!] and kept my eyes glued to the phone I use (though it does have violence/gore and some language), he has also got great puzzles and games (Some of which I have still not completed. They’re awesome!). Ogre11’s awesome works I have read/played so far include: Spy Mission (You gotta see the different endings), Cryogenic Failure (Again, you gotta see the different endings), UFO at School, Alien Abduction, Finding the Muse (this will definitely help aspiring writers). Of EbonVasilis’s works, so far I have read his epic A Chosen Hero (I’ve got to read more of his works!). I have also played DavidG’s The Tower of Rowena, played Zephyrme2847’s & mudshadow63’s [and they, amazingly, were only 11 and 4 when they created this!] Kittens of FAT, played cMitchell3’s Get out Alive, read Will11’s true story Climbing Beyond The Clouds, read MinnieKing’s inspirational message Addition, and read the short mouse hero story by pinkalily21, Alone in the Forest. There are great writers and future great writers to be found on this site.

I wish you both well & fun on your writing & reading, and I hope you both have an awesome time on the site!

Welcome to the site!

I always recommend newbies take some time to read and review a few of the top rated stories just to get an idea of the quality level readers are looking for and some of the possibilities before diving into their own projects. But as far as writing your own stories goes, the main things to remember is that there's no rush to finish so take your time making a complete story and proofreading and polishing.

If you've had practice writing regular stories that's a good start but CYOAs are like regular stories on crack with alternate universes shooting off in every direction, and the exponential nature of them can get overwhelming if you're not used to them. Generally it's best to just plan a small scale story to begin with until you get a handle on things, lots of newbs start off with an idea of writing some huge epic and then get frustrated and quit.

Welcome to the site, I do hope you enjoy your time here!

Good luck with the writing!

Cool, good to have some new people here. I'm Steve, pleasure to meet you. Hopefully you enjoy the site. It gets a bit hectic, and reviewers are far more likely to skew towards "Honest" than "Nice", but I think ultimately the people here are actually pretty cool, and you'll enjoy the place.

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