Writing forum attention?

I think the writing forum doesn't really get the attention it deserves- and I'd like to start this forum to see if people can rack their brains and see why

- You aren't reading storys posted here if you don't already

- You DO read stories here if you do frequently read storys- and not cause the writer asked you to.

For me, I have a big... misunderstanding with poetry, fanlyrics and stuff that isn't a STORY. A fiction. I also trust on the title of the story to give me interest in the story, which is hard. For me, it's hard to search for a story. I remember fanfiction.net not being any easier. To me, I'd like to be able to click on something that takes me to the most rescent STORIES, and have the poetry lyrics and the rest seperated. I tried serching once, and 50% of the submissions are poetry and lyrics. It frustrated me to the point that I rarely look through the stories.

I'd be more inclined to read storys posted here if:-
1/ I could go straight to the fiction and bypass the other mediums that don't interest me (only cause it makes no sence to me- other people will want to go straight to them insteed of fiction)
2/ When I go to the story section, that I can see the description somehow and not have to go to the story to  see what it's about.

I think this will increase traffic in that section, and possibly submissions.

Also- does the story get pushed to the top of the list if a new chapter is submitted? It should. So people know it's updated if they're keeping up with it

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Yup, when a new chapter is added to a story it appears on the front page.

I've submitted a few stories here, though I have to admit, I don't really read stories on PD anymore. Mostly because I'm going through a fanfiction stage right now, and there's not much Naruto fanfiction on this site, so I go elsewhere to read.

It would be nice if there were more submissions to the writing section that weren't poetry, which I usually don't enjoy.

It would matter how many poetry posts there were if it was seperated Also, chapter adding is difficult- going all the way back to the member's account just to add another chapter and doing it again and again for a new chapter.

Also- if I copy/paste from word, it doesn't always translate well and changes my font etc...

When a new chapter is added to a story, it is pushed to the top of the list in any gallery.

I understand that it can be difficult to get stuff to display properly with Microsoft word documents. I suggest only using a web safe font in your stories. Web safe fonts are:
Arial, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, and Verdana.

What would be ideal is if we could allow MS Word file uploads but i have no idea how to convert those documents into html via a script.

I do think that the Writing section here doesn't get the attention it deserves. Probably in part because it doesn't get as much space on the front page. After I'm finished with the work with the new section I'm working on, nothing will be on the front page except for news posts and general info about the site. Instead, each section's index page will have the info that would normally be on the front page.

I've been thinking about restricting the Writing section or segrigating it more. You're right that the poetry, tutorials, and fiction stories shouldn't be mixed up. We'll have to figure out how we want stuff segregated.

So how should we segregate the work? Something like this?

• Fiction
• Fan-fiction
• Non-fiction (tutorials and such)
• Poetry

It's a good start, but there's also lyrics- I've seen a few posted. I guess it could be considered a poem then... The whole seperation of fanfiction and fiction though- I think they should be together initially cause fanfic is a genre essentially of fiction- one that's popular. Like romance, or action- theyt don't get theri own section, right?

Yeah- I upload in Tahoma- I thought it was websafe, but it may not be. I'll try arial insteed. I hate Times Roman >: (

On a brighter note- if it is seperated, then we can have descriptions on the page too along side the thumb of the 'cover'