I clarify my question:
Maybe I’ve asked a similar question here before, but this time I need to ask you as precisely as possible.
Are people interested in reading mini-stories—in the form of first-person or third-person stories in the style of a web novel, or just in the style of a novel?
The thing is, I’ve built this kind of community here on Lemmy because there’s not much content here, and I decided to add some color, so to speak.
Ao3 (Archive of Our Own) exists for people who want to read stories. People come to Lemmy (and sites like it) to interact.
One suggestion would be to make interactive stories. Have someone post a chapter with a poll or ask what a character or characters should do next. Whichever numbers or arguments win the author over determine, or help determine where the story goes. Communities like AskOuija (not sure if I spelt that correctly) do a similar thing on a much smaller scale.
Writing is kind of a big, busy task. If someone were only expected to write a chapter or a short chapter at a time and let people vote on the stories they care about, someone whose story got no traction would have no obligation to continue. Or they could try again with another story. You could even offer writing prompts (or just cross-post them from a community dedicated to them).
Well, the concept of communicating here is a little strange… But this place is still better than the discord that is watching you.