As I was flipping through stories and listening to comments on their pages, I ran into one I thought I would be helpful with. Someone posted a comment that a story was no longer available. Well as you all know if it's ever been on the internet, its there forever, so I sent the reader a link to that story in private. Then, I got comfy and gave it a listen.

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I came across an interesting story. Its a short, One Shot that picks up in the center of the story and ends well before the resolution.

Here is something I think writers should think about

The Remaining Opposite by The Psychopath

One more thing.

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I have 923 stories that I have archived from this site in Audio Book form. (MP3's ) While trying to find something to listen to while doing housework, I chose "Skeletor, Master of The Empire by Hotel_Chicken" to give me something to listen to. For a story about ponies and Skeletor, it has some fantastic scenes in it.

Take this for example.
Example edited to save time

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Stories are very much like television shows. Some shows age very well and can be watched with little problem 40 years later. Others like some of the shows from the 1970 and 80, didn't. The super wide collars, or the lime green bell bottom pants, or the wide 80's hair just kind of screams, 'Warning, maximum cheese ahead.'

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OK, I've never used this thing for anything so, please take a moment to read this.

I keep running into readers who sit there and NAG about spelling and grammar. I cant tell you how many times ive read the words "Find an editor!" in a comment thread recently. But I can tell you that its been a lot recently. I have to ask. Why aren't you editing these things yourself?

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