## Story Question

Post by Jay Feely » Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:13 pm

I have written stories with many parts, and has completed stories with one part. The question becomes, do you perfer stories to be completed in one part or in many parts? I personally would like to see stories of many parts if one event leads to another in chronological sequence in a way that makes sense. For example, in one part, the characters are introduced. The second part could have the actual tying up of the chosen victim or group of victims. The next part could have them being tortured. If let's say, one of the parts ends in one of them being tickled and given a rest. The next part could be devoted entirely on ice torture. Then, the next part could be used to create fire torture. I find it hard to read a story when more then one torture is described in one part because there is too much information. Would perfer each part to have a different torture in each, but that is just me. What do you think about this?
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### Re: Story Question

Post by dreadnaught3200 » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:05 pm

I'm with you on this one. I always finish my stories entirely before I start posting them, but I usually post them in sections. I find that stories (or TUG stories at least) are more digestible if they're separated into a few parts. In an internet setting if a story is too long its easy for the audience to lose interest and not read the story to its conclusion. More importantly if someone is enjoying the story it builds up suspense if you leave it in sections, that's why TV shows always try to have a cliffhanger or a twist before they cut to commercials.
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### Re: Story Question

Post by xtc » Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:36 am

I don't agree that a story should always be in the correct chronological sequence.
It can be more intriguing to present an interesting/unusual situation, thus engaging the readers' curiosity, and then to put it into context.
Longer stories sometimes need chapters that interlock and, while each episode might be chronologically arranged, the whole narative can not be so if each episode is to be comprehensible.
Well, that's my opinion.
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### Re: Story Question

Post by SamanthaBoundx » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:22 am

I think it really depends. If there is a natural break in a story like mentioned in the first post then it's fair enough because it can build up suspense and gets people interested. Equally if it's a really long story then multiple parts is a good idea as noone would concentrate long enough to read the whole thing. Personally, I preferto do my own stories in one part because they're fairly short and one thing I cannot stand is when someone posts like, 5 parts to a story, each with one or two paragraphs - there is no need! SO ANNOYING!