Okay labrat, but how do you make a post into a poll in a fanfic site? And please explain it to me in simply terms that even a seven years old can understand.
I'm not sure why you want me to explain this, Kitty, as you've posted polls in the poll forum already. Actually, you probably know how to do it better than I do, as I don't do them as often!
But if you mail the admins, someone will be able to explain it to you.
Oooh, labrat, you making my head spin again with your words. I don't understand a word your saying.
I thought my posts were fairly clear, but if you want to email me with specifics of what you didn't understand, feel free and I'll explain them. We don't have a huge amount of rules in this forum, Kitty, but what little there are are there for good reasons. Posting fanfic in the poll section confuses readers as to where to find the parts of your story. It helps you as much as anyone when admins move misplaced posts because people know where to find them. You won't find many forums out there whose admins won't move misplaced posts into the correct forum. That's partly what they're there to do after all.
If a post is name diffrently and seperately, I can't find it to read. e.g. "FDK: Lost child/?" vs. "Lost Child 1/?: FDK"
Which is why I tried to help you with this problem by taking time to insert a link to the comments thread from your story post, making it easier for you to find. But Roo also makes a good point. There's absolutely nothing to stop you setting up the fdk folder when you post your story. That way you control what the header is.
As for comments, as others have noted in the past, if you post a story in a public forum, you have to expect them. I don't think our readers are particularly harsh - in fact some have accused them of being too uncritical in their comments in the past. Guess they can't win.
If you only want praise, not helpful advice or constructive criticism, please note that clearly on your story when you post. Our members are a polite and considerate bunch. If you make the request, they'll honour it.
But - once again - although they aren't generally too picky, the one thing which will lose an author readers when they post a story is not setting it out in paragraphs. It makes a story very hard to read and many just don't have the time or energy to trawl through a story that's all one huge block of text. I know that I gave up on your story for the same reason. I've tried reading such stories in the past and just gotten a headache trying to work out what was happening, so now I don't even try.
Now, it's entirely up to you whether you take the advice to format your story in paragraphs. I know that this comment has been made before when you've posted previous work. But do be aware that if you choose not to you may not get the number of comments you hope for. If you don't mind that and are prepared to accept a low number of comments, then please feel free to post a story any way you like.
LabRat