Young Writers Society

Hey guys! So I've been browsing the site (Which I love, by the way!) and I was about to post my first chapter of my short story. First, I was wondering, if I was to post my story chapter by chapter if I could also post it in the full length novel section once it was completed? Or would that be considered a double posting of the same story?

Thanks for any answers!

Hi Amnien! Welcome to YWS!

I doubt there's any rules against doing that, but personally, I would consider it double-posting, which it technically is. However, I understand the point -- by posting it chapter by chapter you'll get reviews on small parts of the story, whereas posting the whole novel you would also get opinions about the story as a whole, instead of sections.

I feel like I should give you a better answer, but all I can say is that I probably wouldn't do it myself.

See you around!


Demeter
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According to Nate, you're allowed to do both. It's probably best that you not post all your novel chapter-by-chapter, since then there's at least some of it that's not double-posted, but I don't think there are rules against posting your novel in the AC [Advance Critique] and in the respective YWS forum.

What Rosey and Demi said. ^^

But if I could just add - I'd recommend doing only one at a time, but I'm sure it'd be perfectly acceptable to maybe get comments chapter-by-chapter and then post a completely revised version in the AC forum (as in, more than just nitpicks - large rewrites) or vice-versa.

At least, that would probably be a good tactic.

Blinky

So let's say I post my story chapter by chapter. But only post my first draft. It would be ok to repost the fully finished version (Even if it's just minor changes.) In the AC forum?

Yep!

Although, if you post your whole novel chapter by chapter and have somebody reviewing all sections, you might end up with a lot more than "just a few changes" at the end.

Haha, OK thanks!