lostlovefairy

Chapter 1 In the Stars is now available! 
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/1488744332?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create_on_publish&wp_uname=lostlovefairy

lostlovefairy

Should wattpad book chapters be 1000 words, 2000 words or more ?

lostlovefairy

@quincearchfortes It’s just that I’m usually using my hands for something when I’m listening. So if you have short chapters, you have to keep hitting ‘continue to next chapter’
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QuinceArchFortes

@lostlovefairy Oh? I'm not familiar with the limitations. I would love to do my own audiobooks someday, though. It's all the rage ;-)
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lostlovefairy

@quincearchfortes yeah, same here! Short chapters are tempting, but hard to do text to speech with.
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lostlovefairy

Guys! It is so important to put in content warnings and trigger warnings. I had a rough few weeks because it was the two anniversary of something bad, on January 22. I was just getting out of that mood the last several days. And then I read something with zero warning and it’s been such a setback for me. I have been crying nonstop. I will tell you a time again, to the warnings are important for suicidal ideation, physical assault, sexual assault, eating disorders, BDSM amongst others. Not everyone reads content, warnings or trigger warnings, but people who are easily triggered, actually look for these triggers before choosing a book to read. 
          My books too have these scenes. I put it through the warnings at the top of the chapter and summarize at the bottom if somebody wants to skip. You really don’t even have to go to that extent. Just do a trigger warning at the start of your work. There  are days that I can read all these things with no problems. But today wasn’t such a day and I wouldn’t have read this book today if I knew. 
          I debated before posting this, but it affected me so much that I couldn’t be silent . Maybe I’ll delete it later.

SeraDrake

@QuinceArchFortes (and @lostlovefairy) - The commercial editions of Ancilla and Morsels still have the detailed content advisories in the front-end material, and two of the harsher stories in the commercial edition of Morsels ("Diving Into the Wreck," which is about a relationship that's started to degenerate into abuse, and "Anything For a Friend," which is about assisted suicide and is NOT in the Wattpad edition of the anthology) have their own preliminary content warnings before the start of the stories. 
            
            But that's it.
            
            The Wattpad editions have extra warnings. Some chapters of Ancilla get brief content warnings before the start of the chapter. Each story in Morsels gets an introduction. 
            
            Wattpad is as much a social media platform as it is a writing/self-publishing platform, and as such, content posted here needs extra flags. It seems the polite thing to do.
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Olivia_Benedetti

@lostlovefairy yeah I try to make sure people know that there is triggers and be caged
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lostlovefairy

@olivia_benedetti wow! That’s very thoughtful. @katiegoesmew Yeah, it doesn’t have to be detailed. Just a heads up goes a long way. I read Ancilla by @seradrake that had lots of triggers but it was very well annotated. Didn’t jump out and surprise me at any point.
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KallolDutta0

Hey! This is Kallol here. I am new to your work, but I am excited to read them though. If you won't mind can you suggest which one of your works I should read first?

lostlovefairy

@kalloldutta0 thank you for checking out my work!
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KallolDutta0

@KallolDutta0 okay. Thank you for helping me out. I'll start with Stay then
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lostlovefairy

@kallolDutta0 saw you are medical student. Read ‘Stay’ :)
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