I have posted the second chapter of this tale right after the first which I hope wil be forgiven as it is quite some time since I posted anything. The next posting will be in regulation time but I wanted to get the story underway. Jim.https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118521#msg-118521Mon, 25 May 2026 01:11:44 +0100 Phorum 5.2.22 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118623#msg-118623 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118623#msg-118623 Kent Tea RoomFri, 23 Oct 2015 17:06:15 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118621#msg-118621 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118621#msg-118621
That explanation makes some sense. That doesn't mean I agree with it, but it does make the regulation seem less arbitrary.

That said, I think this site's readers are intelligent enough to know that, if the latest installment of a story they are following isn't on page 1, it might be on page 2 or 3.

JIM]]> Jim D. Tea RoomFri, 23 Oct 2015 15:32:27 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118594#msg-118594 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118594#msg-118594I understand the role of the 3-4 days period between posting is to prevent pushing down other authors' stories from the first page of the story board. At present, for example, there are 6 stories on the first page, from a time period of 2 weeks (the earliest story posting closest to the bottom is from Oct 7). If, say, NN S were to post ManGo updates every day (I don't mean any offense by picking her story, only it seemed she posted every 3-4 days so I assumed she might be in a position to have ready chapters to post quickly) and to each update there were 6-8 comments, other stories would disappear from page 1. It is especially true for shorter stories or one-shots (there is one now on the board). If it is pushed down from the first page, people might not see it (I don't often check beyond the first page unless I specifically search for earlier parts of a story I had not read before).
My other comments were meant not in favor of the spacing rule but regarding the other changes Rae Elaine proposed instead, if I understood her correctly.]]> Agnes Beatrix Tea RoomThu, 22 Oct 2015 21:01:55 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118582#msg-118582 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118582#msg-118582
Re your comment:

> I'm not sure I understand why you think it a good
> idea to restrict writers from posting once they
> finish their story for several weeks.
>
> The uncertainty of updates in case of WIPs is a
> risk anyone can decide to take or not. There are
> some very long stories and some people who can't
> work constantly on their stories due to RL
> concerns - I would not wish to lose their stories
> because a rule would prohibit them from beginning
> to post until the stories are almost complete.
> Also, some writers use reader feedback to modify
> the story as they go on writing. Reader feedback
> can also encourage and motivate writers to go on
> and continue writing, while the motivation might
> wane if one is writing a long story for only their
> desk drawers (hard disc drives) without
> encouragement.
>
> I'm sure the readers can bear the 3-day rule for
> the sake of all writers having their time on the
> board, in the very rare cases that the writer is
> all ready to post again but can't yet (or the
> writer can post a longer segment). The waiting is
> the worst when it's long and uncertain.
> Just some thoughts in favor of the current rules.

I'm afraid I didn't see any argument in there that was favorable to the three-day rule as such.

No one's saying that anyone has to post sooner than three days. Quite often people, because of the very concerns you mentioned, are not able to post installments for weeks, or even months.

And if they can't they can't.

I don't say anyone should be required to post sooner than they are comfortable with. But why should a writer, who's completed a work, have to wait three days between posting installments?

More to the point, why should his or her readers have to wait three days for the next installment?

I stick to the rules, because I want to remain a member in good standing of this community, but, in this case, I don't see what purpose it serves.

If I am in a position to post once a day, what makes my waiting two extra days worthwhile?

JIM]]> Jim D. Tea RoomThu, 22 Oct 2015 07:45:28 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118564#msg-118564 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118564#msg-118564
The uncertainty of updates in case of WIPs is a risk anyone can decide to take or not. There are some very long stories and some people who can't work constantly on their stories due to RL concerns - I would not wish to lose their stories because a rule would prohibit them from beginning to post until the stories are almost complete. Also, some writers use reader feedback to modify the story as they go on writing. Reader feedback can also encourage and motivate writers to go on and continue writing, while the motivation might wane if one is writing a long story for only their desk drawers (hard disc drives) without encouragement.

I'm sure the readers can bear the 3-day rule for the sake of all writers having their time on the board, in the very rare cases that the writer is all ready to post again but can't yet (or the writer can post a longer segment). The waiting is the worst when it's long and uncertain.
Just some thoughts in favor of the current rules.]]> Agnes Beatrix Tea RoomWed, 21 Oct 2015 17:28:16 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118532#msg-118532 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118532#msg-118532-------------------------------------------------------

> Fact is, though I don't mind following the rule as
> a writer, as a reader, anxious for the next
> installment, I wish that rule would be revoked.


If I may be so bold, I endorse his suggestion, or to at least give that rule a re-think. As a reader, I get gusdustipated when I keep waiting for the next installment: And it never come! That happened when I was reading a story, title long forgot, but Col. Fitzwilliam was a major character and a woman he come to love. I forgot the bits of another story where the next segment never came. So as a result, I am a bit teaser-shy now when it come to stories-in-work. That is why the one story I posted, I already had it about 90% written, and yet editing the end still surprised myself.

Perhaps we could amend the rule to:
a. Start posting only when enough is ready to post. I suggest 85-90% because the measure still can be a WAG.

b. When posting a story, post as often as necessary to get the segments up. Am not sure what to do about the "push down" factor.

c. Post only one story within a period of time. Actually, this can work out to an average of the original rule. E.g., my story went up in about six (6) posts: Not counting the re-post, but maybe that is forgivable for a first time. Thererfore and by this rule, I would not be allowed to post a story for another six weeks. No problem, because not likely to have a story ready again within that time frame.

Thoughts?]]> Rae Elaine Tea RoomMon, 19 Oct 2015 16:17:02 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118523#msg-118523 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118523#msg-118523
Thanks.]]> Amy I. Tea RoomMon, 19 Oct 2015 02:12:13 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118522#msg-118522 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118522#msg-118522
Fact is, though I don't mind following the rule as a writer, as a reader, anxious for the next installment, I wish that rule would be revoked.

Curiously, I"m working on a Holmes pastiche myself, "The Adventures of the Manhunting Marshal," in which we learn, among other things, that during his "Great Hiatus" following the encounter with Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, Holmes, under the assumed name of "Mike Croft," was a deputy US marshal working out of Judge Parker's court.

It's for a series of Holmes anthologies collectively titled Sherlock Holmes - Consulting Detective, published by a small, niche publisher called Airship 27, to which I've been invited to contribute.

You can read more about the anthology series here:

http://www.thepulp.net/pulpsuperfan/2015/04/01/sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective/

I'm kinda looking forward to a more in-depthy Holmesian analysis of my favorite Austen novel, Persuasion. I know you've already covered it in an earlier story, but that was more about finding the link between Holmes's client and the novel than about Holmes's and Watson's opinions on the book. I expect that a stolid military man like the Doc will be quite taken with Wentworth.

JIM D.]]> Jim D. Tea RoomMon, 19 Oct 2015 01:08:14 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118521#msg-118521 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,118521,118521#msg-118521
Jim.]]> Jim G.M Tea RoomSun, 18 Oct 2015 22:14:07 +0100