Story Circle support and frequently asked questions

Pick an open chapter in the Writing tab or on a book’s page and start writing. From that moment the chapter is yours alone for the writing time the book owner chose (between 1 and 72 hours, 24 by default); nobody else can write the same chapter at the same time. You can write one chapter at a time in any given book.

The chapter opens up again and what you wrote stays with you as a draft; if the chapter is still open, you can start again and carry on from your draft. You get a notification an hour before your time is up. Letting go of the chapter during the first half of your time costs nothing; if the time runs out, or you let go in the second half, a small SC deduction may apply, and the app shows the current amount before you decide.

The book owner may have turned on the consecutive-author rule. In that case you can start the open chapter directly under your own only after a waiting period (6 hours by default), so that others get a chance to write that continuation. The book owner is exempt.

Every submitted chapter goes through automatic content review before publishing; it is usually quick. If your chapter is flagged, you will see the reason in the app and can edit and resubmit or appeal the decision. If the book owner turned on “Let me see submissions too”, the chapter goes to them after review and is published on its own if they do not look within 24 hours.

Not directly — through a revision. The text you propose is reviewed against the content rules and for whether it breaks the chapters that follow, and then goes to the book owner for approval. If approved, the chapter is updated and the old version is kept; readers always see the latest approved version.

You do. You grant Story Circle only a non-exclusive license to publish, list and promote it on the platform.

Start from the “Create a new book” card in the Writing tab: you write the first chapter and choose the characters and rules, the writing time, whether the book branches, and the target chapter count. Setting up a book costs SC; the amount is shown before you confirm.

When a chapter of yours is published, every day you sign in (with a bonus for a seven-day streak), and as you read chapters. New accounts start with an opening balance.

Setting up a book, raising a book’s target chapter count, appreciating a chapter you liked, and exporting a book as an EPUB or PDF file. SC spent on appreciation does not go to the author; the number of appreciations shows on the chapter.

No. SC can’t be bought, has no real-money value, cannot be transferred to anyone else and is not refundable.

Yes. The app is free to download and use, it shows no ads, and your data is not used for advertising.

Profile → Settings → Language. Choose Device language, Türkçe or English; the language you pick is used in the app and in your notifications.

Profile → Settings → Delete my account. There is no waiting period: your account is deleted the moment you confirm, and this cannot be undone. Your account identity, sessions, notifications, reading lists and history, notes and quotes, blocked users, follows and unpublished drafts are permanently deleted. Your published chapters stay in the book with the author shown as “Deleted user”, and books you own stay published, with ownership passing to the platform. If you no longer have the app or can’t sign in, you can also request deletion by emailing sectioncritical@gmail.com from the address registered to your account, with the subject “Account deletion request”; see the account deletion page for details.

Profile → Settings → Active sessions. You can see every device signed in to your account there and close any of them.

If “Private profile” under Profile → Settings → My privacy is on, your profile is shown only to readers of books you contributed to; if it is off, anyone can see it.

Story Circle is in closed testing on Google Play, and joining the closed test is by invitation. The public Android release comes to Google Play on November 1, 2026. There is no iOS version.