[Tutorial] For new users of Scribble Hub!

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This tutorial is constantly maintained by yours truly and encompasses the basics for readers and writers. Check Section-C for finding more writing tutorials and a helping hand in developing your story by other ScribbleHub users! To navigate more easily ctrl+f the titles in the table of contents section.​

Last update: 2024, October 07​

Table of Contents:​

• Section-A - For Readers
  • How to protect your eyes
  • About release filtering
  • How to search for stories more efficiently
  • Searching, quoting and replying IN stories
  • About reading lists
    • Addendum #1
  • About RSS
    • Addendum #2
  • Short description of the main genres
  • About titles
  • About reviews
  • About forum avatars & banners
  • About forum signatures
  • About the follow/ignore options
  • About the forum's text editor
• Section-B - For Authors
  • Releasing a new series & starting tips
  • Adding & sorting
  • Scheduling
  • Editing Tools
    • Addendum #3
  • Glossary function
  • Polls
  • Trending
• Section-C - Useful Links

Section-A - For readers​

How to protect your eyes​

Click to your Profile » Choose the Preferences tab » Topmost option will be Style: Choose the Default Dark mode and never look back.

About Release Filtering​

1. When logged in, go to your profile and click the "Release Filtering" option.

After this, you will be taken to a new page where you can see all the major genres!

1. You can click on the box to set it to green, meaning you will see those.
2. Red means no-no; you don't want these types of books to show up for you on the front page!
3. Leaving them empty is the default; you are going to see them. After you are done, don't forget to SAVE SETTINGS! Otherwise, it won't work!

How to search for stories more efficiently​

by Cipiteca396
Please use the links to see the images, as I reached the limit of images and media files permitted to be put into one post! Open them in a new window to see them! Thank you for your understanding! If you scroll down in this thread, you can find Cipiteca396's original message with the images displayed instead of links!​

To search for stories on the main site:
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/series-finder-jpg.17525/

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You can use the And/Or box to include examples that fit all or some of your desires. A green check means you want to see it, and a red ex means you don't want it.
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/genre-jpg.17526/

https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/tags-jpg.17527/

https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/story-status-jpg.17528/

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You choose how you want the stories to be sorted at the bottom. I advise by Total Word or Pages if you want a long read.
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/sort-png.17529/

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If you make any mistakes, you can always modify the search by clicking the gear in the top right.
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/search-settings-jpg.17530/

In the "Read -> Series Finder" menu if you click on the "Advance" button, you will see the following dropdown options:
https://i.imgur.com/YesJ7M3.png
Here, you can set your own parameters to better search. Set minimum released chapters, how many chapters per week it has, what its ratings are, how many readers it has or pageviews, etc. Go wild.

Searching, quoting and replying IN stories​

by @Syringe

Please note that by the time I add this to the tutorial, it has reached the image limit. Click the links to see the images or visit the original thread here.​

• First, highlight any text in the story.
  • Image
• Then, hit 'Search', and it'll bring up this side menu:
  • Image 1
  • Image 2
  • Image 3

With this, you can search certain words, phrases, or sentences and see in which other chapters they appear in the story you are reading! It makes it easier to look up newly returning characters and see when you met them before~!

Now, let's talk about the other two options you have when highlighting text!

• Quote
  • This option lets you copy the highlighted text and paste it into your comment under the chapter as a quote. It is that simple!
• Reply
  • Honestly... this is the same. The only difference I saw and experienced when using them is that Quoting is usually used when you give feedback to the author, like correcting some spelling or whatnot. The reply is when you react to something in the story. But it does not really matter; the two nearly act the same way, so feel free to use them!

About Reading Lists​

1. Once again, click on your profile and go to your reading list. All books you put on it will show up there. There is a little trick I'd like to show you when you are there!

1. See that little gear? Click and voila! A whole new world opens up! You can create many lists, customize them to your liking, etc.! I just want you to pay attention to some neat little features.
2. Enable alerts will notify you if books on your reading list get a new chapter! No more manual checking! How neat is that?
3. Auto Bookmark! You can set it to your desired time interval, and it will bookmark the chapter you are reading. You can then pick the story back up where you left it off! Let the authors know you are keeping up with the story!
4. As always, SAVE SETTINGS after you make changes!

If you have done it correctly when a new chapter drops... you won't miss it:

You can also manually bookmark stuff at the end of every chapter:

1. Don't forget to like the chapters; it means a lot to authors!
2. Bookmark it manually if you want!

Addendum #1:​

Please use the links, as I reached the limit of images and media files permitted to be put into one post! Open them in a new window to see! Thank you for your understanding!​

http://imgur.com/BSHanmu

1. The edit list will take you where you can customize your own reading list to your liking!

http://imgur.com/Iy9SeuQ

1. You can give lists a new icon!
2. Color it!
3. Name it as you wish!
4. Give it a short description so you and others know what you meant by this list!
5. The type is important; it shows up for the author and others on the book's page!

   • http://imgur.com/Fdy0mIp

   • This shows up in all books as information; I am going to illustrate this for you below! They are self-explanatory.
6. Click, and you create your unique list!
7. You can order them around like everything else! Check for the points for authors if you want to learn more!
8. You can change the icons and their colors later on if you change your mind!
9. Same with names and descriptions!
10. If you make changes, don't forget to SAVE!

Now, after you customize your reading list, you can select novels by default, such as a current reading list, to move them around!

http://imgur.com/f5YV5SB

1. Click here to choose the lists and where you want to move the books you saved!

Now, the next part is both for readers and authors. As there was a little bit of confusion about what it means, I am going to try to give you a brief explanation! Look at the right, the bottom part of the image, where I numbered the text in question under "User Stats!"

https://i.imgur.com/wIv4OEj.png

1. Reading - This many people put the book in a list that, as in the few images above, was marked as a current reading list. They are counted as active readers!
2. Plan to Read - These are those people who put the book on a list that is marked as such. This tells how many people are interested in the book, saved it for a future read!
3. Completed - Don't let this confuse you! This can show up even on ongoing books! Many people deem that they have completed said book. Even if it's ongoing... maybe they are time travelers. You never know~
4. Paused - This many decided to put the book on hold. They may wait for a new batch of chapters to pile up before picking it up again!
5. Dropped - This many decided the book was not for them. Yet they keep it on their lists. Maybe later on, they will give it a second try. Who knows~

If there are further questions, feel free to ask them, I may update or expand on the tutorial!

About RSS​

by TrashyHuman​

• You can read novels and be notified about new chapters without having to log in; just use RSS.
• To access it, open your reading list, click on the gear, and you'll see a button (traced over with red)

• After clicking on the button, you'll be taken to this page:

• Copy the URL and paste it into your feed reader, and voila!

• WARNING: This feed will NOT work with a VPN on! You will be notified about new chapters but won't be able to read them in your feed reader!

About RSS
Addendum #2​

by @TenderHuman
Please use the links to see the images, as I reached the limit of images and media files permitted to be put into one post!​

SH Forum has an RSS feed of its own, and it is easy to find:
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss1-jpg.22262/

Which looks like this when you open a browser
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss2-jpg.22264/

And like this in an RSS feed reader (feeder on Android):
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss3-jpg.22265/

Let's open one "article."
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss4-jpg.22266/

And see "full text."
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss5-jpg.22267/

What is more curious is when you open one particular forum and search for an index.rss file there:
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss6-jpg.22270/

Same treatment as before:
https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss7-jpg.22268/

https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss8-jpg.22269/

https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss8-jpg.22269/

https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/rss10-jpg.22263/

https://forum.scribblehub.com/attachments/bb2-jpg.22274/


This clearly is not particularly useful, but I thought it was funny enough, so here it is.

I doubt it is possible to see individual threads and whether they would get updated properly; at least, I could find no such thing.

I tried to find individual feeds for novels, which would make things much, much better, but I could also do no such thing.

To see the original post without having to click on links to the images, visit @TenderHuman 's original post here!

Short Description of the Main Genres​

Please note that these descriptions are very subjective. Many writers interpret them in their own ways... But after seeing questions about it, I feel brave enough to give you a short and concise summary of each of them. Oh, and for authors, a quick note here: You can only tag nine genres!

• Action
  • Pretty self-explanatory. You will find battles in these stories, be it with guns, swords, magic or hand-to-hand.
• Adult
  • This is a tricky one, and many threads have already defined it differently. So don't take my word as gospel here! Adult topics can range from sexuality to dealing with heavy, morally ambiguous questions or simply grotesque, gory descriptions. An adult tag does not mean you will get full-on porn, but it can include nudity and/or sex.
• Adventure
  • Another easy one. The MC (main character) and/or his/her group travel around, getting into different adventures and exciting situations.
• Boys Love
  • Yaoi. Boy-on-boy love. Penis-to-penis, "sword-fighting," you get the gist of it. PS: No, it does not mean it focuses on sex. It's just my funnybone acting up.
• Comedy
  • It wants to make you laugh. It may be a parody. A light-hearted, fun story. Easy.
• Drama
  • Dramatic stories, so get your tissue ready. Unlike tragedy at the bottom of the list, this does not mean everyone dies. But they could. Depends on the author. Anyway, get ready for some heavy shit.
• Ecchi
  • Sexy girls, boys, and events. Not sex. But sexy. Panty flashing, nudity, etc. Softcore stuff.
• Fanfiction
  • Stories that bring you into an already existing IP (intellectual property), be it movies, books, games, comics, or whatever that someone else thought up once. They can give their own spin to already existing stories, self-insert, travel the world, alter original timelines, and so on.
• Fantasy
  • It can range from Western fantasy to Eastern. Sword and magic stories mostly, but it can be a modern-day setting with some fantastic elements to it, like catgirls. Or magic devices. With catgirls.
• Gender Bender
  • Going from male to female or female to male.
• Girls Love
  • Same as the boy's loved one, only this time it's yuri time. Wet hole against wet hole, rubbing the beans together, strap-on action, you get it. PS: No, it does not mean it focuses on sex. It's just my funnybone acting up.
• Harem
  • MC has many love interests. That is it. One guy/girl with a multitude of hearts conquered.
• Historical
  • Based on real-life history. Simple.
• Horror
  • Scary-spooky-skeletons. Demons. Monsters. SCP abominations. Anything that makes you want to sleep with the lights on.
• Isekai
  • Truck-kun transported the MC into a different world. The main point: The MC finds him or herself in a completely different world/reality.
• Josei
  • Stories aimed at more mature women. Usually romance-based stories, but not strictly.
• LitRPG
  • Stories where the MC has some kind of system for him or herself. Gamefied fantasy stories mostly (but not strictly), where many elements include leveling, point allocations, and special skills. As if playing a video game.
• Martial Arts
  • Stories focused on fighting. Be it real-world martial arts or fantasy-like Kamehameha battles.
• Mature
  • Another tricky one, and many things true here that were true on the adult tag. But most importantly, in my humble opinion, authors using this tag expect their readers to come in with a mature attitude towards their story. To look at issues with an open mind.
• Mecha
  • Big robots go boom-boom. Whether in space or not, it doesn't matter. It has to have big fucking machines battling it out. Hell yeah.
• Mystery
  • Problem-solving. Detective work. Puzzles and whatnot. Where the unknown and its exploration is the story itself.
• Psychological
  • Usually, this goes along with other heavy genres, so it is usually not for the faint-hearted.
• Romance
  • Love stories. Easy.
• School Life
  • Another easy one. The characters are still attending school, and the story is focused on their life.
• Sci-Fi
  • Pew-pew, lasers, spaceships or cybernetics, futuristic Earth, or different futuristic reality. Anything that futuristic.
• Seinen
  • Stories aimed at adult men. Which sounds weird, but think of Berserk. That is also a seinen. It is hard to categorize it; it is the same as Josei, just for males.
• Slice of Life
  • Stories about the everyday life of the MCs. Simple.
• Smut
  • Porn. Nuff said.
• Sports
  • Ehm. Sports? Sports. Play with balls. Take that as you wish.
• Supernatural
  • The unexplainable. Be it superpowers or ghosts. A pretty broad thing, so... yeah.
• Tragedy
  • Get ready for feels. These stories are about raising death flags.

Here is my personal tip for you:

Look at them in pairs. You can identify what the author means when you look at the tags relative to each other. (if we are talking about someone who gives two cents about his/her story)

Examples:

Mature, Psychological, Horror -- A story that most probably depicts gore and graphic horror.
Mature, Slice of Life, Drama -- A story where heavy issues may be the focus of the story. But if it's not drama but comedy, then it can be kinky fun or a story filled with dark humor.
LitRPG, Sci-fi, Smut -- this probably has fucking robots and leveling up their peepees and boobies.
Adult, Fantasy, Mature -- Probably a story where you can run into sex, slavery, drugs, racism, and the like. It does not mean it focuses on them but won't shy away from heavy topics.

I hope with this; you can start identifying a story before going in and realizing you don't like it ahead of time~! There is nothing wrong with not liking some genres; the problem starts when people drop a 1-star rating without understanding the tags the author specified for this exact reason. By reading this far in my tutorial, you are already on the right way to enjoy reading! And for authors: Start using them. Bad ratings are warranted if you miss informing your possible reader base!

About Titles​

Please use the links, as I reached the limit of images and media files permitted to be put into one post! Open them in a new window to see! Thank you for your understanding!​

There are two titles on this site, one that has to be earned and one that also has to be earned, but then you can customize it! Let me explain!

On the main site, under your avatar, you can have the following (this is from my experience and my probably wrong calculation, looking at my and other authors' reader numbers. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong):

https://i.imgur.com/FQvfS6D.png

• Member - You have not published any works yet
• Author - You have your own story created and published
• Rising Author - You have 500+ readers
• Well-Known Author - You have 1000+ readers
• Famous Author - You have 1500+ readers

These numbers are cumulative. If you have two works, one with 200 readers and another with 400 readers, you will get the Rising Author title. So on and so on.

Now, the other one is on the forums. I will be honest with you; I don't remember how many posts you need to be allowed to change your title. Maybe 50? Or a 100? Somewhere around there. After it becomes available to you, you can head to your profile settings and change it!

https://i.imgur.com/CRWbW4d.png

1. Go to Account Details
2. Custom Title - Just type in what you want to appear in the forums! It is that easy~!

About Reviews​

If you leave a review under a story, don't be surprised if others can't see it at first. Reviews, just as stories, must be approved first before going public. It may take 24 hours before it goes live, so be patient and don't panic! You can edit your review in the meanwhile as you can see it, but others won't. Not until it gets through the filters.

About Forum Avatars & Banners​

You can change your avatar any time you wish, but your banner and the background behind your profile are only unlocked later on. By @AliceShiki's words, you can only edit your own banner after making 150 posts on the forum. To reach that number, take @tiaf's points into account:​

1. Have more than five words in a message, or it won't count.
2. Community games are only added to the counter for the first post.
3. Immediate posts in the same thread cause two subsequent posts of the same member to be merged.

About Forum Signatures​

You can set signatures in the forum, where you can put almost everything you wish to share. Okay. Almost everything. Check out the forum rules, what goes and what does not.​

• https://i.imgur.com/x7eYcTs.png​

You can format it like a forum post and turn it to your own liking. Just think of it this way: Would you like to read the forum post about someone who has an oversized banner taking up 50%+ of the screen? Because most people wouldn't. Here are some unspoken rules or guidelines besides the official rule so you won't annoy other users with your signature:
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• When you place an image (upload it first to any image hosting site) make sure that you resize it.
  • https://i.imgur.com/VJfoppe.png
    • You can resize it by using the little squares at the corners of the image (1).​
    • You can also open up the resizing tool and set the pixel size of the image (2)​
  • After you are satisfied, you can make it into a link to your stories too. Experiment freely, but make sure your signature is not something that inconveniences the other users.​

IMPORTANT: Signatures won't show up on mobile if you use it in portrait mode! You need to use your phone in landscape mode to see them!​

About The Follow/Ignore Options​

We are a big community. People can find friends and like-minded people here, but also users who you just won't get along with. This is how humans work. To make sure your stay here is enjoyable, you can either follow those with whom you are friendly or ignore those with whom you just don't want to interact. It is better than to get into any kind of useless drama. Just go to their profile, and you will see the options!
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• https://i.imgur.com/fLwXxys.png​
  • You can even start private conversations with them if you like.​

When you follow someone, you will clearly see them whether they are on the forums or not:​

• https://i.imgur.com/dKbnHlD.png​

Also, if you ignore someone, their messages will be hidden from you. But you can still see it if someone quotes him/her. You can click on it if you want to read it for some weird reason.​

• https://i.imgur.com/U3lH9Rb.png​

You can go to your profile and check your ignore list and remove people from it if you want:​

• https://i.imgur.com/G4xeoQB.png​

Also, you can unfollow someone anytime. But... breaking friendships is sad.
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About The Forum's Text Editor​

by @AliceShiki
Please use the links, as I reached the limit of images and media files permitted to be put into one post! Open them in a new window to see! Thank you for your understanding!​

Sometimes people might get their text editor greyed out, and they might have no idea how this happened or why and write it off as just a bug that they have to deal with. It's not really a bug, though. They just accidentally clicked the button that triggered the BB Code Editor, which doesn't have any of the fancy features we're used to.

Here is how you disable the BB Code Editor and get the text editor back to normal:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/396289508708057089/1144281669285728377/20230824_114811.png

Original post by @AliceShiki can be found here!

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Section-B - For Authors​

Now, here are some tips for starting out authors to help you out if you are unsure how some things work!

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Releasing a new series & Starting tips​

When you release your first series, it has to be manually approved. Until then, you can access it and edit it to your liking, but others won't see it and its stats regarding views, and all won't register, not even if you start linking it for others. After review and getting the green light, it will appear on the front page, amongst the "Latest Series" tab. As for how long it stays there? Until other, new, and coming series push it out. Good luck! When you post your story, you can add multiple chapters one after the other; you won't be flagged as spam, as your story still needs reviewing! But after you are "live," try to space out your chapters. If you post multiple chapters a day, leave at least an hour between them, or you will be flagged, and your newest chapters won't show up on the front page!


Now, something that is not based on luck and some tips for starting out:

• Have a good cover. (Read the rules about what is allowed and not. Preferably, resize it before submitting it so it won't get badly warped)​
• If you need a cover, there are threads here offering services in the forums. You can try asking for help there.​
• Have a good synopsis that makes people think, "Oh... that is interesting." Think about what makes YOU start reading a book and try mimicking that or take inspiration from other, successful books' synopses.​
• Use your tags correctly. You can have 25 tags and select those that match your story now and in the future.​
• It is best to start with five or more chapters so readers have something to dig into.​
• Don't expect immediate success if you are a newcomer. Many readers only pick up a story if it is past a certain amount of chapters. Stay strong, and don't give up.​
• If you want immediate feedback, there are free 1st chapter review/feedback threads here. Give it a shot.​
• The consensus amongst authors here seems to be that the chapters are best if they are at least somewhere around 1000-1500 words. I say this after observing many threads asking about it. My personal sweet spot is 2000ish words per chapter.​
• In my experience, a consistent release schedule is what keeps a book alive. If you are consistent in releasing your chapters, readers can get into the habit of reading them. They will know on which day and at which hour there will be a chapter of your story, and they will come back reading it. Believe me, consistency is one of the biggest ways to help your story grow.​
• Asking how Trending works is useless. Nobody knows. And that is done by design to avoid exploiting the system.​
• Try to get your grammar to an adequate level. I'm not telling you to be Shakespearian, but it is best not to make native English speakers frown and try to guess what you want to convey. You can use many tools to do so, be it free or paid; if nothing else, you can even ask the many AI software on the web to help you out if nothing else.​
• Don't be afraid of asking for help and feedback; people are willing to help if asked. (Asking in the correct places and demanding/spamming your story in the forums are not the same. The latter will have an adverse effect.)​
• Keep at it. Writing is not easy and is not where you get instant success. It may take years. If you want to grow your reader base relatively quickly, first, try to write something in the most popular genres. Then, when you have a good enough follower base, you can start something unique.​
• Lastly: Try to have fun. If you enjoy writing, it will show in your story. 1-star ratings are not the end of the world. Trolls will be trolls; It is your story, your world. Own it.​

Adding & Sorting​

1. You can add chapters; it is pretty simple. After saving it or publishing it, you made a mistake?
2. Then the 2nd step is for you! Click on it and start dragging! You can reposition a chapter that way in the story. Added a new extra chapter that falls between some earlier chapters? Drag it down the list!
3. Don't forget to SAVE SORTING after you are done!

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Scheduling​

1. Click here, and you can save a future date for your chapter and not publish it immediately!
2. Or save it as a draft if you are still working on it! Use the previously discussed sorting feature if you want it to move around your published chapters or different drafts!

1. Clicking edit will bring you to this. The time you set is the SAME as your SET TIME ZONE in your profile!
2. When you are done, press OK. You can't set chapters to date and time that has already passed!

1. You can edit it at any time. But don't forget! If you edit an already scheduled post, ALWAYS RE-SCHEDULE it! Or else it will be published IMMEDIATELY!
2. Now that your time is set, the publish button has changed! How cool, eh? Click it, and you are good to go!

1. Now it is scheduled! You can schedule any number of chapters!
2. You can still edit and delete them at any time!

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY​

If you have multiple scheduled chapters and you decide to write a public chapter, be it an addendum, notification, or whatever, DO NOT sort it. Don't drag it below the scheduled chapter, or it won't appear on the Latest Updates tab. You have to wait for the site to process it. It is best to sort it after you confirm it appeared on the front page or after the scheduled chapter is live and visible.​

Editing Tools​

Most tools are simple and straightforward, but I want to introduce you to some of the cooler ones!

1. Spoiler button.
   • Text put into these brackets will be hidden behind a spoiler... thingy! You will see this in the following image!
2. Announcement button.
   • Text written here will be popping out brightly, you will see. Put important things you want your readers to see at first glance here, but I advise you not to overuse them! Announce things like schedule changing, story-related stuff like hiatus, nearing completion, etc.
3. Author notes.
   • Put your thoughts here for your readers to read! I frequently use them at the end of the chapters to ask them for opinions or disclose some extra information, be it images, telling them about future plans, etc.
4. Footnote. This is a neat little thing you will see in the following image!
   • Text here will be hidden behind a little blue button that auto-numbers itself! Clicking it will bring up a little box with what you wrote!

1. This shows that it is a draft! If it is scheduled, it will show that or nothing if it's an already live chapter!
2. This is the spoiler box! The default won't show what is inside; readers have to click on it to see what you wrote!
3. This is how the announcement works! See? It pops~
4. This is how I mainly interact with my readers and, of course, through comments!
5. See the little "1" there? That is a footnote. If you place multiple, it is going to number itself automatically; you don't have to worry about it! Clicking will bring up that small neat box with your text! How awesome is that?!

Addendum #3:​

by @Quixotic​

If you check the images in the editing tools section, you can modify them in the following way:​

[spoiler title="Status"] Your text [/spoiler]​

You can use this for the others, too. With this, the little box won't say Spoiler but what you put between the quotation marks! In the above example, it would be Status. You can write anything; it will show up as is.

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Glossary Function​

1. A glossary is a great way for you to create lists for your readers and for yourself! Do you often forget the names of some guy or gal you introduced ages ago? Add them to your glossary, and you can look them up just as your readers can!
2. Same as the chapters, you can re-arrange them any time!
3. Edit them, delete them, and be the GOD of your story!
4. You can add new items to your glossary, going into different categories!
5. Don't forget to SAVE SORTING after you are done!
6. This is for the ORDER of the CATEGORIES! Not the different topics you put into those categories!

• Inside the glossary, you can put text in, but it is much more limited than what you can do with a chapter. Be brief, be direct. Make lists. This is best used for need-to-know information!

• If you want, you can add new categories too or edit the existing ones!

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Polls​

Adding polls is easy; just click on the option right below the chapter's title! It is pretty straightforward, but seeing some questions before about it, I decided to add this little explanation here!

1. This little pin icon means a poll is in the chapter. You will see it when checking your chapters!
   • This is how a chapter appears for you if you put a poll in it! That small pin is the symbol for a poll, not that you somehow pinned a chapter! So don't worry about it~! It will still show, even if the poll has expired, and it is easy to find where you asked questions from your readers by looking at it! You can check it here how it looks:

     http://imgur.com/gGXTW2I

2. You can have many possible answers; just start typing, and new blank choices will pop up. Leave the last empty if you have finished adding options!
3. You can time your polls if you want only a limited number of days to be up for a decision for your most loyal leaders, following all of the newest chapters! If you can't decide about something related to the story, it is a good way to ask for quick feedback.
4. You can choose where to put the poll. At the start or at the end? I usually prefer the latter, especially if it is related to the current or upcoming chapters!

Trending​

There are a gazillion threads from people asking how trending works on the main page. I will bestow upon thee the revelation of your lifetime, behold!

Nobody knows.​

That's it. It is by design; it is made so that nobody can guess it, play it, and hog it. You won't get answers, only speculations, and even if you @ at mods or Tony, nobody will tell you. I have my own theories on how it works from my own experience, but this is a place for tutorials, not tinfoil-hat conspiracies.

Cross your fingers and enjoy the ride. That is the only thing you can do.

Section-C - Useful Links​

Here are some useful links to threads on the forum; please check them out, as they will be just as helpful as my little tutorial here!

• Official threads
  • F.A.Q.
  • Forum Rules
  • Rules about translated novels
• @Story_Marc 's tutorials:
  • YouTube channel
  • First Chapter Analysis
  • Suggestions for Story_Marc's next topic
  • Realistic Fight Scenes: An Introduction
  • Techniques for Naming Your Stories or Chapters
  • Cadence: Make Your Prose Sing [The 5 Cs for Strong Prose]
  • Banish Wordiness (Part 4 in Prose Series)
  • Prose Lessons Part 3: Paragraphs
  • Tips and Tricks for Juggling Multiple POVs
  • Improve Your Writing Part 1: Clarity
  • Show, Don't Tell is Bad Advice: How to Balance Telling
  • How to Actually Apply Show, Don't Tell (and Why It Matters)
  • Gaining Direction With Your Writer's Journey
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Taught Me the Value of Weak Villains
  • Strengthen Your Prose with Narrative Distance
  • Don't Like The Hero's Journey? Here's Reasons to Avoid It and Another Option
  • 3 Questions to Answer When Designing Magic Systems
  • 6 Concepts of Magic
  • Let's Talk about the Curbstomp Battle Trope
  • My Approach for Creating Unique Fiction
  • Omniscient POV Breakdown
  • Showing, Telling, and Genre
  • How to Get Started Making Your Story
  • Writing Flat Character Arcs
  • 5 Components of a Good Story Scheme
  • What the heck even is prose?
  • How Viable Is Your Story Idea?
  • The 8 Universal Story Conflicts
  • Procrastination Struggles
  • Internal Genres: The Different Types of Character Arcs
  • How to Make Parodies
  • The 10 Entertainment Emotions
  • Lessons on Theme That Actually Matter
  • How to Nail and Hook with Opening Lines
  • The Art of Openings
  • How to Write Funny Characters
  • What Chemistry Is and How to Create It
  • Don't Confuse Plot with Story and Story Engines
  • Why So Many Crave Hard Magic
  • Hidden Villains 101
  • Essential Slice of Life Writing Tip
  • Simple Tip for Description
  • Make The Protagonist a Winner and a Loser
  • The Bumbling Authority Comedy Archetype
  • Tips for Pantsers
  • The Importance of Archetypes
  • The Parent Comedy Archetype
  • Why The Enneagram is a Great Tool for Writers
  • MBTI for Characters
  • Writing Comedic Jerks
  • Why Fantasy Writers Should Use Allegory
  • 10 Tips for Handling Allegory
  • Find Your Story's Theme with The Enneagram
  • Creating Believable Characters
  • Healing Genre Tips
  • How to Plot When The Plot is Loose
  • Quick Tip for Writing Romance
  • Creating Character Names
  • Finding YOUR Motivation to Write
  • Help with Plotting The Middle
  • Continuing the Plot After The Main Villain's Defeat
  • How to Stop a Strong Character from Becoming a Mary Sue
  • Writing Sociopathic Characters
  • Writing OP Characters
  • The Hard to Soft Magic Spectrum
  • Hard Magic and Narrative
  • Rational Magic System Overview
  • Guided Magic Systems and Mystical Magic Systems
  • Soft Magic Systems
  • Tournament Arc Stock Characters
  • Story Theory: Heroism is Key to Great Stories
  • Flawed Heroes
  • How to Make Paragon Heroes Not Boring
  • What is a Hero?
  • What is a Villain?
  • Writing Anti-Heroes
  • How to Keep Sympathetic Villains Villains
  • How Dark Is Your Story?
  • 4C Worldbuilding Model
  • How Dark Is Your Story?
  • A Lesson on Exposition Everybody Need to Know
  • Writing Corruption Arcs
  • How to Write Sex Scenes That Matter
  • Writing Gods
  • How to Avoid Failing Your Audience
  • Writing Non-Human Characters
  • Writing Politics
  • How to Better Market Your Story
  • Story Marc's Daily Writing Tips
  • How to Use Food in Fiction
  • Avoid Act 2 Issues with Conflict Drivers
• @OokamiKasumi 's tutorials:
  • [Tutorial] Making ROMANCE
  • [Tutorial] When & How to Smut
  • [Tutorial] Writing the LOVE scene vs. the Sex scene.
  • [Tutorial] Writing Erotic HORROR
  • [Tutorial] Writing ACTION 1: The Trick to Writing Action Scenes that Work
  • [Tutorial] Writing ACTION 2: The Plug & Play Method
  • [Tutorial] The Curse of Run-On Dialogue AKA; Narration Run Amok
  • [Tutorial] Plot Devices: Deus Ex Machina, Chekhov's Gun & Foreshadowing
  • [Tutorial] The Secret to Proper Paragraphing and Dialogue
  • [Tutorial] Plotting: The Murphy's Law Method
  • [Tutorial] Strong Characters but a Weak Plot
  • [Tutorial] Structure of the GOTHIC Tale
  • [Tutorial] From Idea to STORY
  • [Tutorial] Is Description really needed? YES.
  • [Tutorial] Tricks to Tight 'Sneaky' DESCRIPTION
  • [Tutorial] How to Make THE END
  • [Tutorial] Test Your Story's Popularity Potential -- Beta-Readers
  • [Tutorial] Writing FETISH Fiction
  • [Tutorial] NSFW! Creative Narrative - A Description EXERCISE
  • [Tutorial] When the Hero is NOT a Hero - Protagonist & Antagonist: A Different Opinion
  • [Tutorial] The Mysterious and Maddening PREMISE
  • For Inspiration: The Erotic Story Generator!
  • [Tutorial] Fixing WRITER'S BLOCK
  • [Tutorial] Dealing with Creative DOUBT
• @JayDirex 's tutorial:
  • Jay's Synopsis Formula will work on your novel.
• @Yorth's tutorials:
  • Writing Guide Part I: How To Publish Your Own Story
  • Writing Guide Part 2: How To Use The In-Built ScribbleHub Text Editor Effectively
• @T.K._Paradox's tutorials:
  • General Writing Tips
  • Starting Your Story: In Medias Res & Basic Writing Tips.
  • Basic Writing Tips: Pacing
• @RedHunter2296 's tutorials:
  • My guide on writing Large-scale battles
  • My tips on writing about comedy as a tool for a story
  • My tips on writing action scenes
• @Corty 's tutorials:
  • Corty's Tip Jar
• @D.S.Nate 's tutorials:
  • F%@~ing Tournament arcs!
• @Assurbanipal_II 's tutorials:
  • Weekly Author Tip: Zeugma
• @SailusGebel 's tutorials:
  • The secret to a good worldbuilding
  • The secret to a good power(magic) system.
• @RepresentingEnvy 's tutorials:
  • On Concision
• @Tyranomaster 's tutorials:
  • Tyranomaster's Guide to Getting Readers
• @Hans.Trondheim 's tutorials:
  • Increasing Your Typing Speed
• @Jemini 's tutorials:
  • The 3 approaches to world-building explained.

 

[Cipiteca396]

@WelcomeToSH

WelcomeToSH

forum.scribblehub.com

WelcomeToSH

forum.scribblehub.com

WelcomeToSH

forum.scribblehub.com

 

[Sabruness]

@Tony this glorious work should be pinned ASAP!

 

[Agentt]

@Tony this glorious work should be pinned ASAP!

Delete your comment so that I can say it first! But yes!

 

[TranscendentHuman]

I want to add an important feature: the RSS feed.
You can read novels and be notified about new chapters without having to log in, just use rss.
To access it, open your reading list, click on the gear and you'll see a button (traced oved with red)

After clicking on the button, you'll be taken to this page:

Copy the URL and paste it into your feed reader and voila!

Warning:
This feed will NOT work with a VPN on! You will be notified about new chapters but won't be able to read them in your feed reader!

 

[Corty]

I want to add an important feature: the RSS feed.
You can read novels and be notified about new chapters without having to log in, just use rss.
To access it, open your reading list, click on the gear and you'll see a button (traced oved with red)
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After clicking on the button, you'll be taken to this page:
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Copy the URL and paste it into your feed reader and voila!
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Warning:
This feed will NOT work with a VPN on! You will be notified about new chapters but won't be able to read them in your feed reader!

I added it to the tutorial!

 

[MajorKerina]

The note about making sure to exactly reschedule things you edited which had a schedule already is crucial. I’ve actually run into this issue several times where I neglect that one element when making a last minute adjustment before release. Furthermore, it’s really hard to do on mobile correctly so I highly recommend this tweak only be done on desktop. Don’t try to make changes on your phone to an upcoming release or it’s going out right now by accident. Personal experience. Always double check the dates

 

[Corty]

The note about making sure to exactly reschedule things you edited which had a schedule already is crucial. I’ve actually run into this issue several times where I neglect that one element when making a last minute adjustment before release. Furthermore, it’s really hard to do on mobile correctly so I highly recommend this tweak only be done on desktop. Don’t try to make changes on your phone to an upcoming release or it’s going out right now by accident. Personal experience. Always double check the dates

Yep, I did it multiple times myself... even after knowing about it

 

[mitkopom]

Great work i finally learned how to use some features

 

[ACertainPassingUser]

Wellcome to Scribble Hub.

It's basically RoyalRoad, but the worse and unpopular knockoff.

And not only it allows fanfic & stub to stay on Limelight, it also allows "SMUT" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

thats all I want to say, ask someone else for more help.

 

[Corty]

Wellcome to Scribble Hub.

It's basically RoyalRoad, but the worse and unpopular knockoff.

Yeah, no. I would argue with that, very much so.

And not only it allows fanfic & stub to stay on Limelight, it also allows "SMUT" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Problem?

thats all I want to say, ask someone else for more help.

 

[jannox]

The categories are premade. Choose your new glossary box well!

You can add new categories though.

 

[Corty]

You can add new categories though.

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Totally missed that. Edited it in and changed that part; thanks!

Edit:

Added a section about polls. I also reached the limit for images allowed in one post. Whoopsie. At least, linking imgur images via the media button still works. Yey?

 

[Empyrea]

I still won't trust it to release my chapters at the right time, but that's mostly because I don't trust my brain to remember everything needed to make it work right. Manual is the only way for me.

This guide is really great though. I was wondering why it wasn't notifying me when stuff I had on my reading list updated.

 

[Corty]

I still won't trust it to release my chapters at the right time, but that's mostly because I don't trust my brain to remember everything needed to make it work right. Manual is the only way for me.

This guide is really great though. I was wondering why it wasn't notifying me when stuff I had on my reading list updated.

I'm glad if it helped~

 

[Corty]

By request, I added a section that briefly describes the main tags on the site.

 

[Corty]

Once again, another addition to the main post, right into the About Reading Lists section!

I fully reached the allowed number of images or media links in one post so from now on, all images will be only links if I make any later additions.
@QuinnDynasty Hopefully this answers all questions in your previous topic!

 

[QuinnDynasty]

Once again, another addition to the main post, right into the About Reading Lists section!

I fully reached the allowed number of images or media links in one post so from now on, all images will be only links if I make any later additions.
@QuinnDynasty Hopefully this answers all questions in your previous topic!

Please thank Youuu,, :⁠-⁠O u really tagged me mannn, I was really wondering what the glossary was for now i got the answer thx for remembering on tagging me. T.T

 

[Cipiteca396]

To search for stories on the main site:

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You can use the And/Or box to include examples that fit all or some of your desires. A green check means you want to see it, and a red ex means you don't want it.

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You choose how you want the stories to be sorted at the bottom. I advise by Total Word or Pages if you want a long read.

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If you make any mistakes, you can always modify the search by clicking the gear in the top right.

 

[Corty]

@Cipiteca396 I added your post to the tutorial!