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Another newbie to the forum..

11 years ago

Hey Forum!.Yeah I didn't know if I should open a whole thread just to say hello but,I did it and well,Hello! I'm new here.As of right now I'm working on my first CYS game and I think it kinda...sucks so is there a way to just publish a Prologue type thing first before I dive into the whole thing so I can get a general idea if my story totally sucks or not before I continue with it?

Another newbie to the forum..

11 years ago

Hi and welcome  =)

Publishing any part of an unfinished story is not the best way to get an idea of how good it is. There is a general loathing around here of demos and unfinished work and it will get hammered in the ratings, regardless of potential.

I highly recommend not publishing any unfinished work at all.

If you want feedback though, then make sure your game has Sneak Preview enabled (it’s the default setting) and then ask some of the folks in the writing forum to check it out. Most are happy to do a read through and give you a critique with helpful advice and that way you won’t get a bunch low ratings for having an unfinished story published.

Good luck with your projects  =)

Another newbie to the forum..

11 years ago

Thanks for the reply! I'll  be sure check out the writing forums and post my story on there.Thank you,if I would've posted my unfinished story and gotten nothing but bad reviews I would've been crushed Haha. 

Another newbie to the forum..

11 years ago

Welcome to the site! Enjoy yourself here! You could always post a couple of pages in the writing workshop first and see how people react to your story.

Another newbie to the forum..

11 years ago

Hey! I'm a little late for the welcome party, but welcome anyway! I brought party hats!

Another newbie to the forum..

11 years ago

Let me see one of those "hats"...

o_O

Erm...

 

Another newbie to the forum..

11 years ago

I would like to add to Berka's excellent advice that you could ask for someone to act as a Beta-reader or co-writer if you want even more assistance than just critique. Keep in mind, however, that you need to discuss any reservations you might have with editing with your prospective beta / co-writer beforehand, and checking to see how talented a writer they are or how good they are in spelling / grammar / so on would also benefit you, since you don't learn much from someone at the same level as you. Well, usually, anyway. It doesn't always take someone better than you, just someone with a different perspective.

I became a beta-reader about 9 years ago for someone who is a very dear friend of mine to this day. I was able to catch all of her spelling mistakes, but she was a much more creative and talented writer than I was at that time. (I was just getting into writing as a hobby.) I learned a lot from her and she learned a lot from me. As time went on, there were less and less mistakes for me to find in her chapters and I was inspired to start writing myself, leading her to become -my- beta-reader. Though, honestly, I see her as my mentor now. I've also become a mentor to a couple other people. It was really fun. We've also co-written several little works together.