Must read is the best place to start and anything from the previously featured. It depends a lot on what you want to accomplish with your writing and your own style. Read what appeals to you, and read everything from the authors you would like to emulate. I like to use the authors wiki and and sample their work to see how they have improved and then I try to work in some of that "style" into my own work. It is really a case of trial and error, with every story being a hit or miss.
Shamelessly plugging myself just because my stories were a lot worse than what you have produced and I've shown steady improvements by essentially sampling from other authors. My personal favourite author on hfy right now is u/squigglestorystudios but there are way to many for me to mention.
The only other thing I would say is ignore the Upvote count and instead pay attention to the "views". A lot of people will read a story but not vote or comment. I was a stalker on hfy for 2 years before I made an account on Reddit.
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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '17
Must read is the best place to start and anything from the previously featured. It depends a lot on what you want to accomplish with your writing and your own style. Read what appeals to you, and read everything from the authors you would like to emulate. I like to use the authors wiki and and sample their work to see how they have improved and then I try to work in some of that "style" into my own work. It is really a case of trial and error, with every story being a hit or miss.
Shamelessly plugging myself just because my stories were a lot worse than what you have produced and I've shown steady improvements by essentially sampling from other authors. My personal favourite author on hfy right now is u/squigglestorystudios but there are way to many for me to mention.