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So my friends and I were debating the other night on how long should you stay in a coffee shop. I am not sure with the people here but I find coffee shops as one of the best places to write down a chapter whenever you are having an awful dose of a writer's block. For some reason, the aroma really activates and unhinges my mental block. Of course, you would have to buy at least one of their products to stay there. So aside from you continuously chugging down mug after mug of coffee and slice after slice of your favorite cheesecake, up to how long should you really stay? Example: I could consider staying for 4 hours and you only bought a small cup of coffee would be a little too much. That's me being considerate of other customers and the shop that could profit from them. Thoughts, anyone?

I've been working on software specifications for future versions of our Stories system. I'm looking to have a brainstorming here to see if there are new features we need and would be able to implement. This will be an official brainstorming though, so here are the rules: Go for quantity: This rule is a means of enhancing divergent production, aiming to facilitate problem-solving through the maxim quantity breeds quality. The assumption is that the greater the number of ideas generate the bigger the chance of producing a radical and effective solution. Withhold criticism: In brainstorming, criticism of ideas generated should be put 'on hold'. Instead, participants should focus on extending or adding to ideas, reserving criticism for a later 'critical stage' of the process. By suspending judgment, participants will feel free to generate unusual ideas. Welcome wild ideas: To get a good long list of suggestions, wild ideas are encouraged. They can be generated by looking from new perspectives and suspending assumptions. These new ways of thinking might give you better solutions. Combine and improve ideas:As suggested by the slogan "1+1=3". It is believed to stimulate the building of ideas by a process of association. (courtesy of Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming) The focus on this brainstorm is: How can make our software better for authors? Already planned, but details are not all worked out yet: Reading stats for Stories. So authors will be able to tell how many people are reading their stories during a month. Stats on tag and genre popularity by month for readers Posting Queue improvements for setting future story posts, as well as automatically dealing with our posting limit allowing you to post all your chapters in one go and let the system post them when allowed. Any ideas you have related to those items or anything else that would make things better for authors here, please post the idea. Please follow the rules above. I'll weigh in we compile ideas over several topics. Sound good? Go...