2008 News & Views: Discussion and Announcements for the Survivorphile

[KarennaC]

I'm doing the modern fairy tales chain as well, but I think a chain from the three of us about the Survivor dungeon (or whatever we decide on) could be fun! I'm open to almost anything as far as writing goes.

I'm supposedly doing Little Mermaid for the fairy tales chain, but every time I sit down to write it, I get more ideas for Beauty and the Beast... dumb uncooperative characters!

BFW, talking about comedic sex, have you seen my story Clutz, which went up earlier this week? And get my clothes back from that darn cross-dresser! My keys are in the pocket!

 

[PrincessErin]

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[KarennaC]

Erin, I've gotten messages that my stories are crap, but not because of the contest; they were mostly on my Loving Wives story. lol. I'm not quite sure where I'm going with Little Mermaid... she's still a mermaid, the stuff with the sea witch is still gonna be in the story, I'm just not sure how to update the prince and how he falls overboard or however he ends up almost drowning. I think if I just sit down and set my mind to writing it this weekend, I'll come up with something. That's how it usually works for me.

 

[PrincessErin]

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[KarennaC]

I like the idea of a mermaid story if I can figure out who the man is that the mermaid's interested in. I had a plot idea that I posted on the Fairy Tales Chain thread in AH, but after I read the original "Little Mermaid" story, I changed my mind on that plot. Cool about the list thing

Also cool about being able to write. I can't seem to concentrate tonight, but that's because I've got some other stuff on my mind.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Don't allow the bashers to get you down.

"Ladies, ladies, ladies."

Take it from the most bashed writer on the board, the Survivor Contest is your death knell. If you look at my page, bashers continually erase my red H's. It started once I earned the Green E, which I'll probably never receive another one because of my Green E story (lol). Hey, I thought it was funny.

Below are some of my most beloved comments received.

"All your stories are shit!"

"Qaulity is always better than quantity!"

"You just wrote this for the Survivor Contest, huh? Well, it shows, you hack!"

As far as the Loving Wives category, well that category is only eclimpsed in lunacy by the interracial category. The lurkers who lurk there are pretty high strung and precise about what they like.

Nonetheless, I won some fans over with my stories in every category. Don't allow the bashers to ruin your fun. Usually, it's only one or two, perhaps with a regular thrown it having some sick fun.

You should read some of the e-mails I receive, including death threats. That's what your delete key is for, make use of that.

Then, there are those who have multiple personalities on this board, one personality bashes, while another posts stories. I've uncovered a few of those. Believe it or not, there are some who have a dozen registered personalities because believe it or not, they have access to a dozen computers.

You just have to see who wins all the contests again and again to start realizing who they are. Then, go read their winning story and compare it to your story and tell me if they deserved to win.

This site is loaded with friends voting for friends. I swear they take turns picking who will win which contest.

That's what I like about the Survivor Contest. It's about quanitity and many cannot compete with my output. Presently, I have 55 stories waiting to post. I'm kind of prolific.

And yes, my stories could be better if I spent a month writing one, but I only do that when a publisher solicits me to publish, as one did with my two E-books, Never Too Old For Love So Young and A NightTime Reader, which by the way the agreement is just about up on those and I can repost those stories here for Survivor Points.

 

[PrincessErin]

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[KarennaC]

The nasty comments I've gotten don't bother me. I was a little stunned by the first nasty one I got on my Loving Wives story, but since I'd read in the forum that LW stories are pretty universally slammed, I didn't care. I just deleted the really bad ones, and since, I've gotten some high votes and very positive comments, including a few telling me not to worry about the trolls because it's a really good story.

Some of my stories may not be as good as they could be, but I do write and edit to the best of my ability, while still trying to get a decent output. I caught myself stressing yesterday because I only have half a dozen stories waiting to submit. lol. I'm a fast worker; some of my shorter stories were done in a day or less, and the longer ones take me less than a week, writing, revising, and editing. I've also written and done at least first edit/revisions on 37 young adult novels since October 2004. (Now if I could just get the darn things published...) My non-erotic series that started posting this week is a former "trunk novel" that I dug out and spent a snow day revising; other than that and my sci fi/fantasy story, everything I've subbed was written specifically for the contest. I've got two short stories that were rejected from paying markets that are going to hit Survivor as well. (One of them was rejected because it has too much dialogue. What am I supposed to do, have the characters refuse to talk to each other? lol)

BFW, you're scaring me! Guess I'll just have to aim to at least keep my current 3rd place.

Erin, how'd the writer's block work out? I hate when my characters refuse to cooperate, but I've found that sometimes the stories are better that way. I sometimes talk aloud while I'm writing, but that's usually because I'm arguing with uncooperative characters. lol

Speaking of writing, I have a wind god and the woman he loves, and a woman and her trucker boyfriend waiting for me to finish their stories. Happy writing, you guys!

 

[PrincessErin]

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[KarennaC]

Erin, that sounds like an interesting story! Might have been hard to categorize, though. lol

My stories range from just over the 750-word limit, to over 7500 words (my Novels and Novellas submissions). They usually seem to top out between 1500-2000 words, though. It's nice of your baby to sleep so you can write. lol

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Let me know

PrincessErin and KarennaC please allow me to give you both some free writing advice regarding the Survivor's Contest.

If you ever find your scores close to mine, is when you want to take a break, stop writing for a bit and save the stories that you would have posted this year, next year.

Trust me, I'm not thinking of myself. No, not at all. I'm, uhm, only trying to save you from being over exposed. Yeah, that's it.

So, when your scores are up around three hundred points, I'd say to take 3 to 6 months off from writing. That way, you give the readers more chance to, uhm, digest what you've already written. Yeah, that's a good one, I mean, that would be good for the readers.

Moreover, publishers like it when a writer suddenly disappears and reemerges the following you.

Please, there's no need to thank me. I'm only thinking of you and unselfishingly trying to help you out.

By the way, I have a bridge for sale if you are interested and some swap land, er, I mean, lake front property for sale, too.

Let me know.

 

[PrincessErin]

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[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

It's mind boggling.

I'm not allowed to stockpile stories. I have a fan base who write me when I haven't posted a chapter to a story.

"Hey, when are you going to post another Loving Men To Make Ends Meet?"

"Aren't you going to post any more Paparazzi stories?"

It's fun. I spent 12 hours writing yesterday. Then, wondered why I was tired and had a backache. We got a foot of snow yesterday, so I had some down time where I could just sit and write and not feel guilty for not taking the dog to the dog park or doing chores around the mansion.

Besides, I like trying out different stories watching to see which ones works and which ones doesn't. I already know that if I write any incest stories, they are a huge hit. All my incest stories amass more than 100,000 hits and 1,000 votes. It's mind boggling.

"I got to go. My mother-in-law is standing her naked waiting for me."

 

[LitEroCat]

My stories range from just over the 750-word limit, to over 7500 words (my Novels and Novellas submissions). They usually seem to top out between 1500-2000 words, though. It's nice of your baby to sleep so you can write. lol

If I can interject... Even my briefest inspirations lead to surprises. I'm writing a follow up to my NAKE, Ed's Place thanks to a comment that suggested seeing it play out on Food Network. The seminal image was set in NAKE's, but before I got to write THAT, an introduction came to me. It's already at 2200 words and the two leads are still having phone sex!

I tried to explain the surprises, process and my muse's power trips in a HOW-TO story. It was rejected as not HOW-TO, so I tweaked it and put it into the NON-EROTIC group where it is floundering as expected. It's How I Managed My Muse!

I can generally reign in the dialogue, but I tend to paint the scenes and action so readers can 'see' the story. I like the picture approach even more than if I were writing a screenplay. And I love it when the characters help write themselves and even censor what THEY might dispute.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

Where to post and where not to post

If you want a story to languish before dying a slow death, post it to non-erotic or reviews and essays.

If you want to receive a hundred thousand hits, a thousand votes, and a hundred comments, post it to incest (lol).

If you want to get into a brawl online post it to Loving Wives or Interracial.

 

[KarennaC]

LitEroCat, I know exactly what you mean. My story "Jealousy" (sorry, can't remember how to do the link thingy) leaped into my mind fully formed; I just had to transcribe it. I love it when stories and characters cooperate like that, though I'm not overly fond of the main character in that story... lol

 

[KarennaC]

BFW, you posted while I was typing! lol.

I haven't gotten any brawls over my interracial story, fortunately. I've had plenty of complaints that my incest story is too short (it's on my "add chapters" list, along with a few others). My non-erotics are languishing, and one of them only has a 2.5, because it really isn't that good.

Oh, and BFW? Thanks for the tip about taking a break, but, well... NO! lol

 

[PrincessErin]

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[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

The End

When I first started writing seriously 20 years ago, I wrote my first novel. Then, I only had a writing window of 1 hour a day where my writing was worth a shit. I called it my window of inspiration.

Now, my window is 8 to 12 hours. Some days, the window is closed, but never more than 1 or 2 days. On those days, I don't write, I sulk. My mood changes when I'm not writing and creating. I'm such a better and happier person when I've written a story.

It's all about learning how to keep the window open. I only write when inspired. I never sit in front of a blank page wondering what to write. I wait until the story engulfs me when I know the title, the beginning, the middle, and the end before I start writing it. It hits me like a fast forward movie. All of my novels came to me in that way.

Then, I can't type fast enough. I'm possessed. I write like a mad man.

The good part is when I stop typing to read it over and sprinkle some spice to it. I love telling myself a story, that's the good part. I'm higher than any alcohol or drugs can make me when I'm writing and creating.

My passion is writing. It doesn't matter if I have a job or a life, it has taken me a lifetime to finally reach where I am now...and this is just the beginning.

If you can feel what I feel now, you'd understand. If you don't feel it, yet, but want to, you will.

Twenty years ago, a creative genius, Howard Wilson ran into my office holding a piece of paper and yelling, "I got it! I got it!"

What he had were three words typed on a piece of paper. It doesn't matter what the words were. They were for a ad campaign that he had been working on for a bank, Citizens' Bank. What struck me was his passion. He caught me up in it and I wanted to be like him, a writer.

I went back to school for something that I loved and always wanted. I went to school for English and Writing and earned my second bachelors degree. When all my friends were telling me to go for my Master's degree in business, I went for English. And here I am writing on a porn board, but I'm writing. I only needed to take 5 writing courses to satisfy my requirement as an English major, I took 32 writing courses. I took them all.

Yeah, after writing for 12 I wasn't even tired. My window was wide open. I wrote 40 stories in those 12 hours, all different. I have a lot of stories to tell. I've lived an interesting life. I couldn't write before, when I was younger, even though I wanted to write, because I had nothing to tell. I hadn't lived enough.

Now, here I am sitting in the second floor library in my little mansion on a cul-de-sac writing, while the outside world passes me by, but I don't care. I have my own world, and it's a better world here because I have control of it, until my characters take over the story from me to make it their own.

This is what it is all about. It's taken me forever to get here and now that I'm here, you can't pry me away with a crowbar.

My license plate on my car reads THE END, so will the epitaph on my tombstone read THE END. Only, it's not the end until the end. For me, it's just the beginning. Come along for the ride, if you dare. I promise you fun.

 

[KarennaC]

I don't set a writing time limit; I give myself a word limit. Usually 1000 words a day on each thing I'm working on, which could add up to two or three thousand, depending on how many works in progress I have. For me, it's better to have two or three projects going at a time, otherwise I get stuck on one and have total writer's block for the day. Sometimes I don't quite make my word limit; other days, I far exceed it. Yesterday I decided to push to finish the two erotic stories I was working on, and ended up writing about 5000 words total.

BFW, 40 stories in 12 hours??? I am in awe! When you write, do you just type out what's in your head and then go back and revise/edit later, or do you tweak it as you go?

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

10 words a day

I free write to get out the thoughts and then go back to revise, edit, and rewrite. The editing and rewriting takes wayyyyyyyyy longer than the actual writing.

One point of advice, if you will allow my suggestion. I suggest you do not write more than 10 words a day. I would hate to see you get carpel tunnel syndrom. So, take it slow By writing at the 10 word a day pace, you'll have a chance to reflect on more important things, birds, nature, television, and quiet time where you sit quietly without typing and without writing stories.

Of course, I'm only thinking of your health and welfare.

 

[KarennaC]

I write more than 10 words a day just on this forum! Nice try, though. I appreciate your concern for my carpal health. lol

I tweak as I write, which is probably why the most I've managed is two stories in a day. Then I go back and do a more in-depth revision and editing.

 

[PrincessErin]

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[KarennaC]

Erin, I think you're right... BFW definitely seems nervous! Or maybe he secretly likes the idea of being tag-teamed by two women. lol

Hope all goes well for you while your man is away!

 

[Boxlicker101]

If you want a story to languish before dying a slow death, post it to non-erotic or reviews and essays.

If you want to receive a hundred thousand hits, a thousand votes, and a hundred comments, post it to incest (lol).

If you want to get into a brawl online post it to Loving Wives or Interracial.

Incest does get a lot of views but, in my case at least, Anal and Non-consent get more. None of my stories have gotten even close to a thousand votes or 100 comments.

Non-erotic probably gets the least, which stands to reason. People come here for erotic or pornographic stories. If they want non-erotic, they'll go to the library or somewhere else like that.