Why do you NOT read a story? NOTE pg 63 - Page 41

Originally posted by: Jennymyola

i love when the stories have lots of dialogues in between instead of paragraphs of meaningless third person narration...especially one single huge continuous para, reading which(especially on my phone) I go cross eyed!

You just made me realized that I go cross eyed too 🤪while reading a huge paragraph on my phone! (I will keep that in mind!)


I hate short updates, and cliffhangers which are updated after ages... Takes the fun out of reading the story.

The suspense and the excitement of the cliffhanger dies down!


Comment thoda lamba hai par mera dil saaf hai!! This is my honest opinion as you asked, Zehraji! Achcha topic uthaya hai!!... 😊

I was very happy to see a detailed reply from you :)

Originally posted by: Debarati7

Firstly thanks for ur response..i completely agree wid ur point that a reader should be polite enough in conveying the drawback of a writer..but dnt u think some of the stories posted are bad enough where there is a requirement of a stern reply..because apart from crappy english the content is also very poor there(in the name of mature they post rubbish)..this i have come across a lot in the recent past

I said that the reader should approach politely because I have witnessed a 'fight' on the forum when the reader was very rude in pointing out the errors. I will speak in general for myself. If I am scolded and asked to do something I would fight back but if I am asked to do the same thing politely, I would happily do it :) Of course, it is different for all :)

And as the post is such a hit and i can see many of the writers commenting here..i would like to add one more point here about the thing called Plagiarism..I want to knw...do all the writers think that everyone who is commenting less or not stalking the ff's thread is a potential plagiariser??

I will speak as an author who has tried the blog route and took a U turn soon enough and is planning to go blogging again (making sure this time that it doesn't turn out to be the pain it was before). If I get a PM with the subject heading 'Blog link' and when I open the PM it says 'Give me your blog link'. I will feel bad because this person comes out of nowhere and asks me for my blog link (which was private then) with no words for the story. So as an author you do feel bad and when you refuse, they have paragraphs and paragraphs to speak on how bad that author is with no words on the story which they want a blog link of. I remember giving away the blog link (8 months back) to readers I didn't even know just because they asked me politely.

I think I digressed...Sorry...

And it is not a commenting reader who can be a plagiarizer, any member of IF (In case of Members Only posts) and any non member of IF (In case of an open post) can copy the works. By going blogging, you just narrow down the possibility. That's it :)

This is clearly how I see the blog issue, others might think differently :)

Mostly everyone is ok with the concept of blogs..and i also do understand the concern of the writers for their work being copied..But i think a writer's biggest strength is his/her readers..so this biased approach is disappointing..

Yes, when I am not friends with the author but I read and comment on the story regularly, I will be disappointed if I don't get the blog link. But it is true that being friends with an author has its benefits. I have availed those benefits in the past and I still do and I won't deny that :)

Originally posted by: Dimz13

It's disconcerting when authors do not update regularly or even leave a note. But if the story is good I still make it a point to look up the story later,though I'll not be holding my breath.

I too still go back to a story (whose author has banned herself long back and I can't view the post) wishing it to magically reappear and the author to update

There are many reasons a reader does not comment...and some are downright silly like in the early days...I did not know how to post a comment...in this tech savvy day it's unbelievable..

Many readers have this problem and I wish there was some way to guide them all

But sadly true. Everyone has their struggles with technology and giving words to their thoughts.

Some stories I'm unable to comment because the story is so damn good it overwhelms me and I have no idea what to say...

You stare at your screen with your mouth hanging open and your hands going limp and you suddenly feel you don't know any language in the world and wish the author could read your feelings and understand how much you loved the update? 😳

I don't have any problem with big complicated words...I take it as an opportunity to learn something new. I may not remember all of it but definitely retain some.

I got an opportunity to make my point 'm' clear again. If I am reading a sentence which has a word which I have never come across, it will be a learning process for me or while reading I can guess what the word means. And sometimes I know a word and it's meaning (sometimes I browse through a dictionary randomly to learn a few words) but I don't know how to use it. So when I see someone using it, it adds to my vocab and that makes me happy :)

For example, I know that ennui means boredom from the past 2 years but I have not got a chance to use it because I don't know how to. I am not creative enough.

But I have come across stories which not only have simple and difficult (difficult because even when I read the sentence, I don't understand what that word means even when I look up for its meaning) words but also the sentences are so complicated that even after reading the whole story, I sit and wonder what the story was about!

Originally posted by: Beautiful_Devil

Big turn off is when a reader ask a question in his/her comment but never gets a reply although writer has liked that comment. Which clearly shows that he/she is not reading your comment or ignoring you.

I don't know about others but I would like to put in my POV as an author. I do this ie if someone has asked me a question, I like the comment and not answer it on the thread (I don't do that at all on my thread) because:

a. I send them a scrap
b. The doubt will be cleared in the next update
c. I tell my readers all their questions will soon be answered!

Of course, what you are referring to may be different. But this is just my POV :)

Originally posted by: MT_loverboy

j. Plagiarism: If a member has plagiarised once, there is a tendency that he/she will do so again! So I won't read anything by that member. I know we should believe in second chances but I can't bring myself to do that.

Well agree with this now ! I too started a story that was purely plagiarised . But that was the time when I dint knew even a single rule of FF . And yes , I accept my mistake . But i wont have any problem if the person copies some extent or some part coz sometimes it is the need of the story itself .

👏 Thank you for being so positive about it and now being aware of the rules :)

Originally posted by: dj_arshifan

l: The Author's Bias: If I see the author having a gala party at his/her thread with his/her friends, ignoring the other readers, it is a total turn off for me. I feel bad!

I did came across a thread where the author & her friends were having a virtal gala party. So I too joined them & they happily accepted me :D And now those people are friends of mine :D. Jokes apart, I don't care if I don't know the author personally :)


As long as other readers don't feel ignored :)

Originally posted by: vinu.sr

A suggestion I would like to make for fellow readers: Before reading FFs by an author try to read their One Shots or Short Stories. Its an indication of their writing style and sensibilities. The same suggestion I think may work for writers too. You can write One Shots to bring in new readers who may end up reading your FFs.

Originally posted by: vinu.sr

Lazy, she is the sister I was talking about in my previous comment who knows what I like (which is not always same as what she likes)...Forget tragedy, my baby sister can't handle even a sad update...She will skip sad updates and read when the story is back to a happy track. She has not watched the hate marriage episodes in the show till date :)

Originally posted by: Maddy1270

. Also skip stories where all Arnav seems to do is shed tears at the drop of a hat!


Why have I not come across such stories?

Don't be sorry, please :)