Topic: Confused
Ok so I keep looking around trying to figure this out..... so in order to post I must upgrade to a paid version? Is this right?
- Dirk B.
- Offline
Re: Confused
That's the direction Sol (the site admin) is considering going in, although we hadn't heard that he already implemented any changes for that.
Non-paying users would (I hope) be able to read stories posted on the site, judge the quality of the writing (i.e., are there people on the site whose writing you feel you can learn from?), explore the quality of the reviews given to others to ensure you'll get the level of feedback you desire, do reviews of your own and collect points in preparation for becoming a paying user, get familiar with the system, interact with paying users who might become potential critiquing partners for you, etc., and then, if the site seems sufficiently valuable (it is!), they could convert to a paying user and start posting.
Some of the above details of how the site may work have not been announced as definite, so big grain of salt there. It's similar to a site model that was used on the old TNBW site, and it seemed to work better at attracting and retaining members than the current trials, without burdening existing members with having to review posts from every trial member only to have most of them disappear.
- Dirk B.
- Offline
Re: Confused
If you have something you want to post for review and you have the points to do so, I suggest trying to see if you can. That would quickly answer the most important question (whether non-paying members can post after their trial is over).
- SolN
- Offline
Re: Confused
Right now you have a 14 day trial period where you give posting a try. Once that expires, you can decide on whether or not to upgrade to premium to continue posting your writing and receiving feedback.
We may change this in the future to eliminate the trial period so get it while you can!
