CHYOA GUIDE

CHYOA GUIDE

This is all you need to know

Chapter 1 by Mr.B. Mr.B.

Welcome. CHYOA is a site dedicated to interactive adult fiction. It offers an interactive story-telling environment where readers determine the outcome of the stories by choosing which path to follow every time they are given a choice.

This guide will help you understand how the site works and the rules to follow, especially if you are interested in writing something yourself. Brought to you by me, with the collaboration of Ricolouis, Murakami, and the omnipresent Friedman.

For a general overview of the CHYOA's appearance, see General

If you want to publish content on CHYOA, please read the CHYOA Rules first.

You can start your own story (see Create a story) or add to existing stories of you or other authors. (see Add a Chapter / Edit Chapter for more information)

If you have other questions, see the FAQs or contact a moderator

You can also visit the CHYOA Forum where you can discuss stories, give your feedback about the site, or hang out with readers and writers. (You can log in with the same credentials you use for the CHYOA.)

Guidelines (Recommendations)

  1. Formatting: There is a Rich Text Editor toolbar; to invoke it, highlight the text you wish to style. Standard keyboard shortcuts for bold, italic, and underline are also accepted. To make links, please enter the display text, highlight it, and then use the # symbol in the toolbar; please do not just paste the link in as extended plain text. There are also options in the toolbar for Unordered lists and Blockquotes.
  2. Stories: All new stories are subject to review before they become visible to the public. There is a draft system in place to allow writers to create their work over multiple sessions before submitting them for review. Please do not submit your story for review until it is ready for the public.
  3. First Chapters: The first chapter should establish the plot, setting, and main characters, and should end with a compelling 'hook' to encourage other writers to continue the story. For public and moderated stories, the first chapter should have a minimum length of 250 words. While this is the minimum, it is recommended that opening chapters be a few paragraphs to adequately establish the premise. For private stories, the preferred length is between 1500 and 2000 words. You should consider dividing anything longer than that into multi-part stories. Private stories exist for authors desiring to write on their own but still access the community. Multiple chapters can be made before a story is submitted for review. The quantity of writing will not have an effect on the review process, except in cases where it causes delay due to how long it takes a moderator to read.
  4. Chapter Length: Each chapter should be a minimum of 100 words in length or 2-3 paragraphs. This rule is not set in stone, but try to write very short chapters only when really necessary.
  5. Point of View: The same point of view established in the previous chapters should be used in the following chapters.

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