Questions for readers

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  1. My preferred chapter and story length really depends on what makes the most sense for that story, but I think 10-20 minutes and under 20 episodes works for most stories.

  2. If I’m the main character, choices that matter are very important for me to feel engaged in the story, but if I’m playing as someone else, I don’t need choices.

  3. As long as they’re interesting, I don’t care what my MC is like.

  4. I don’t like MC’s that are abusive to others or only have their own stupidity to blame for being stuck in a bad situation without those qualities being critiqued within the story.

  5. I also don’t care about what the LI is like as long as they’re interesting.

  6. I hate LI’s that are abusive or demeaning to the MC.

  7. My favorite side characters have time within the story dedicated to acknowledging their passions and struggles independent from the MC.

  8. I hate side characters that are basically accessories to the MC, caricatures, or obsessed with romance.

  9. I think it’s nice to have a gender choice for the MC, but since I’m biromantic and asexual, I really don’t care about having a LI, let alone what their gender is.

  10. I like mystery/thrillers, especially crime stories.

  11. I like full CC if I’m the MC, but if the MC is someone else, I don’t want any CC.

  12. No preference.

  13. 0 because the stories I like tend to have no need for a romantic side-plot.

  14. If the description intrigues me.

  15. Abusive behavior romanticized, stereotypical LGBTQ+ people that exist only to be LGBTQ+, unnecessary romantic side-plots, unnecessary swearing and authors making appearances in the story as the author

  16. Honestly no. I’d rather see animated overlays/custom poses if the scene cannot be created using Episode’s assets. They also are accompanied by way too much narration.

  17. I don’t care about the style, but I like seeing the characters on it.

  18. I want to know the set-up for the main conflict and a little bit about the MC. Questions can be nice in a description.

  19. I have no idea whether the BG characters come from the forums or are made by the author. As long as they have realistic features and are diverse, they enhance the scene.

  20. Probably contest stories since contests are so frequent.

  21. “Author’s notes” is kinda broad. If the author feels the information is useful, then I guess I’d like to see it.

  22. It can be cool for the author to make a cameo in the story as a BG character or extremely minor character, but I don’t like authors in the story as the author or themselves. It breaks my immersion in the story. Author introductions/conclusions are also unnecessary.

  23. Outfit choices are unnoticeable when they fit and a huge distraction when they don’t.

  24. I love advanced directing. It can’t make an underdeveloped story great, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless. Advanced directing inspires me to improve my own directing and can make a story visually beautiful.

  25. All gem choices

  26. I don’t choose them, but I think options to redo a bad choice or improve your points are reasonable.

  27. Doesn’t matter if there’s music or not, but I won’t bother to listen to the author’s playlist.

  28. Don’t have an exact number, but persistent mistakes are super annoying (as opposed to the occasional typo)

  29. No

  30. No

  31. Whatever is believable for the characters and the plot.

  32. If it fits in the story, cool, but often it’s unnecessary.

  33. Very annoying. The world has many different types of people. The setting can play a role in what characters would likely exist there and what traits they can show without social/legal consequence, but there’s no reason to have a story full of mostly or all white, cis, straight, able-bodied, extroverted characters.

  34. I will stop reading a story if the POC, LGBTQ+, or disabled characters feel inauthentic to the point of distraction.

  35. Doesn’t matter as long as the LI doesn’t feel shoe-horned in.

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