People have written me that there is a 'tell' chapter in the SOL stories. One chapter whose reader scores indicate approximately what the final judgement numbers will be. I wonder if that's so?
Let's hypothesize a yes. Then which one chapter is most indicative of reader evaluations?
Almost everyone agrees it's not the first chapter with its inflated download numbers.
There's a 'second chapter' contingent who favor that one because the overweighted first chapter is history.
Some in here advocate for the last chapter. That's understandable because some readers wait until the story is complete to read it. And vote.
Then there's the penultimate crowd. The favor the next-to-last chapter because they believe that negative-voters fast-forward to the final chapter in order to low-vote the story at the very end.
(Why wait? Are late votes weighed more heavily?)
In any case, I'm curious if there is a golden chapter. It's purely an academic question on my part. I don't pay any attention to my own story scores and certainly don't compare them with the higher-ranked efforts by you talented bastards.
Paige