For years now, people have marvelled over the benefit of the internet: we can share jokes with friends (and work colleagues) via email, instant messages or chats; we can check out the latest news and sports headlines from a myriad of online pages; we can research information on pretty much anything you can name, and a lot of other benefits I cant even think of at the moment.
One of the biggest reasons I get online though is so I can spend my hours being carried away with someone elses imagination as I dive into an online story or two. From fan fiction to horror you can find a free online story that will cover just about every genre you can think of.
It seems that so many authors have now discovered that by introducing a story or two to the internet they not only attract a new following but those regular readers will read the online story and will often provide real feedback, be it via an email saying thanks or for some newer authors offering constructive advice on the best way to improve their story.
Join an online book club and you may receive introductory chapters to new releases in your email, a great way to decide on whether you should spend your hard earned dollars on the published version.
Try visiting some writing sites or groups, there youll find a veritable smorgasbord of stories whose authors are just waiting for you to tell them what you think. For a lot of authors nowadays this is how they got started, they submitted their story to an online site and received the input they needed to give them the courage to submit manuscripts to publishers etc, some have even been lucky enough to have their story snapped up by a publisher without having to submit it first.
And for others still, reading enough free stories online will give them the push they need to create their own story.
Of course its not just the older generation that can benefit from reading online, a quick search of the internet and not onl y will you find a lot of stories written for children (I have one of my own floating around out there) but you will also find sites that will help your child to improve their reading through interactive computer work. And we all know how much fun kids find computers; what better way to combine learning than through some fun?
So the next time you have a bit of time to spare, rather than spending it trying to beat a high score in the latest game try searching for an online story, who knows what little gem you discover, the next Stephen King or Jackie Collins might just be a mouse click away.
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Author:: V Brown
Keywords:: free online stories,reading online,Novels,writing groups
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