Analysis: Chapters Per Critiquer (2015)

Last year, 65 critiquers gave feedback on Echo Chamber Heist in our online writing community. This article explores how many chapters each critiquer read and why people stopped reading when they did.

Critiques Finished Number of People 1 22 34% 2 9 14% 3 – 5 4 6% 6 – 10 9 14% 11 – 15 5 8% 16 – 20 6 9% 21 – 30 4 6% 31 – 35 6 9%

Twenty-two people read only one chapter; generally, this was chapter one. Here’s why people quit so early:

Many people quit a few weeks afte...