A ‘part one’ or ‘chapter one’ of a story will get, in theory, as many readers as a standalone story. How does it all balance out? XXX You don’t want viewers not coming to your first chapter since that’ll spell doom for your story, and you don’t want readers dropping like flies. This is by no means the rule (in fact from what I’ve seen my stories are the exception) and you should not feel obligated to have that little sex in your story. Her story is more enticing to readers who read the first part, which means people who happened to enjoy Writer B’s first work, upon getting a second instalment, will graduate, from a reader whose allegiance lies with the highest bidder (the ‘highest bidder’ being the most interesting story they see in the archives) to a dedicated reader.
