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::points to DG:: We have a very wise administrator overseeing all of this.

That I wish I could promise you, but I'm not sure that can be included in the scope of the rewrite. What we will try for is having the tags as a searchable field.

That's slated for the code rewrite project we're engaged in at present. We'd like to have the tags in a field of their own, and give the summary the full 240 characters. That's tight enough without sharing!

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At this point, we don't have that capability. I do believe that we're looking at making tags searchable as we progress with the code rewrite, but I'm not certain we've gotten a definitive answer from the coder yet.

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Fie, George! Shirley Jackson was a superb writer of horror fiction. There's also Sarah Langan, and Tanith Lee writes horror as well. And what about Chelsea Quinn Yarbro?

I'm going to offer a completely unscientific opinion, and say that it depends on your target audience. We have readers who come here to be titillated, who are interested in the sex, and the kinkier the better. Stories are no more than wank fodder for these readers, and that's fine. They are the readers who look for tags that suit their interests, and will click on and read anything with the appropriate tags. Then we have readers who want plot, and they are willing to wait for the sex as long as they're engaged by the author, and feel like the characters and plot are compelling. These readers might offer reviews that suggest plot developments or pairings, but they aren't motivated solely by the sex. They might even read a story tagged No-sex if the summary is compelling enough. The tags I think are crucial in a summary are the pairing tags (M/F; M/M; F/F; 3Plus) because some readers are not fond of certain gender pairings, and get irritable if they encounter slash when they expected het, and the trigger tags (Minor1/Minor2; Incest; Rape) because these particular content markers are the ones we'll hear about fastest if they're missing. My suggestion is to write a short (150 words or less) blurb about your story. Then distill that to one strong sentence of Twitter length. That sentence is your summary, and leaves you enough space for the most crucial codes. Use the longer summary as the AN in the first chapter. We allow up to 600 words, but 150 is a good length without becoming boring. If you have oral sex cropping up in chapter 3, you can add a line at the top: "Additional Warnings: Oral" and no one can say they were not warned. That's entirely within the guidelines here, and in fact, it works well for many of our authors who hate giving away too much with tags.

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Honestly, I doubt removing the ratings button will increase actual reviews. What it WILL do is remove a tool used by some people to vote a story up or down because they are either rabid fanpoodles or are harassing an author. Both scenarios are sadly endemic, and removing the tool whereby those scenarios can exist is wise. If we want to increase reviews, we need to make the commitment ourselves to read and review the stories posted by other authors. It does not take a huge leap of logic to understand that creating an atmosphere where reviews are welcomed by an author will also lead to more reviews. Make a review reply thread, and talk with your readers. Before you hit that "Delete" button on a review, stop and consider that the reviewer put themselves on the line a bit by stepping forward to comment. If they chose to remain anonymous, but otherwise left a review, think about WHY people choose to remain anonymous. Perhaps they had a bad experience with an author who took umbrage at a review. Perhaps they do not wish to have anything connected with them come up on a Google search. Or perhaps, like people who give to a cause but ask to remain anonymous, they simply don't feel the need to be in the limelight, so to speak. If you foster an atmosphere of mutual respect with your reviewers, you'll find you do get more reviewers. I was told by one reviewer that they were not aware that I have a review reply thread because I didn't include it in my stories. It was a good point, and I'm now making an effort to do so. I'm never too old to learn, from readers, reviewers, and other authors.

Even if the story was hidden, which it does not appear to be per my records, you would be able to access it to edit a chapter. This FAQ will explain how to edit a chapter: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/3555-how-to-edit-andor-delete-a-chapter/

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Go to your Archive Profile page. Look here: Click the "Control Panel" link, and you will be taken to a new page, as shown on this FAQ, complete with screen shots: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/3552-how-to-add-a-story-using-rte/

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Brilliant! That's it! Thank you!

Both as a reader and as a writer, I love plot. I love characters who make me want to get to know more about them, and I love seeing them develop over the course of a story. As a general rule, I like to have the sex arrive when the characters are ready for it, and if that means waiting for the sexy bits, I'm fine with that. I know that when it comes, it won't be a bit of gratuitous porn without plot thrown in there just to get the reader to wank.