Newcomer's honest first impression of Sproker

I've been here for about a month and wanted to write up my actual experience rather than just lurking. What surprised me: - The quality of writing is genuinely high. I expected more rough drafts. Most chapters are clearly worked on. - The voting feels fair. I was worried popular writers would dominate but the votes I've seen seem to respond to the actual chapter quality. - The community is much less territorial than I expected given that people are competing for canon status. What I found harder than expected: - Understanding what a "good" opening chapter looks like in context. My first submission was too self-contained - it read like a standalone short story rather than a chapter that invites continuation. - Knowing when to vote. I felt unqualified at first. Then I realised I was allowed to just respond to what I enjoyed reading. - Finding stories I wanted to contribute to. I went down a lot of dead ends before I found the three I'm now following. One thing I genuinely love: the format variety. Being able to read a script next to a comic next to a prose novel in the same browse is something I didn't expect to like as much as I do. Happy to answer questions from other newcomers if anything about my experience is useful.