User talk:Privatepirate

From Create Your Own Story

Wow, you write alot on your edits. Is this a story you have already created, or just coming up with it as you go? I have thought of writing long form before choices, but I decided it might be better to have more control over it, at what seems like natural decision points. What do you think? Better to have a whole short story, or to have smaller pieces with more decisions?

Hey man, just wanted to tell you I appreciate your additions. Keep them coming!

Maybe I'm doing this wrong; I don't understand the ins and out of this site yet.

Mostly I come up with it as I go. I read the story a while back, so I was familiar with it. Upon reading it a second time I was able to really feel where I wanted to go.

As far as decision points go, I don't have a real answer. Sometimes the story benefits from one, or the other, or both. I've read stories where you get to chose your each and every move, and you can never really get into the story because you're too busy deciding if you should do one thing or the other. Of course, one can get lost in too many details. Many stories of faraway lands with foreign names and creatures are overwhelming. I do like to steer it in a direction, catering mostly to my fantasy, and let the reader pick it up from there.

You're definitely welcome. I'm glad to contribute, especially after dealing with a lack of motivation for so long. And it's not really fair to expect new content without submitting any of my own.