Knowledge Base

If your story has received no critiques you'll always get the credits refunded.

If your story is up for review, you'll need to first 'move to older' before you can delete the story, but your credits will be refunded if it has received no crits.

No.

Yes, but only 1/2 credit for a full crit.

Each story has its fifteen minutes of fame — the current week it is up for review.

After that, you receive fewer credits for reviewing them — but there is good karma instead. This is one method to ensure that all stories receive some attention.

You receive half a credit for a full critique of a finished story, no credit for a short critique (less than 300 words).

If you're a day or two late with your critique then you can just contact the admins and we'll give you full credit for it.

Please note that critiques found to be padded with unrelated content will be rejected, and the credits removed.

No. You cannot share credits between accounts.

Credits are not transferable directly but premium members can give out some of their own credits as a special bonus for their critters. You'll see a menu item on crits you've received giving you the option to "Give extra credit".

The basic idea is that those with a lot of credits can give those less fortunate a little something extra for great crits. Please note you can only donate 1 extra credit from your account per crit.

The credit system is the main backbone of the site. It was developed after extensive research, and has been tested and refined on our Big Sister site in Iceland. The balance between credits received and the cost to submit is designed to assure members a maximum number of critiques per submission.

Please note that there are no plans to alter the credit system in any way. We believe the system works as it is.

There are 2 ways of giving extra credits for a crit. In both cases the extra credits are deducted from your personal credit pool and transferred to the person who gave you a crit.

When you submit your story you can choose to give one extra credit to everyone who writes a full (300+ words) crit on the story. This can be a great way to incentivize people to crit longer pieces.

In addition you can also give 1 extra credit for a crit after you have received it. There is a button you can click on after receiving the critique.