ARCHIVAL DISCUSSION to 11-14-08

Pure, not sure if you'll see my suggestion so I repeat it here.

If a thread contains a newer version of the original story it should say so on post nr. 1. I edited my thread that way because people jumped in, greatly appreciated, but commented on the piece that's already rewritten.

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yes, you or i should have added a note in the first posting. that said, only two made a mistake, one of them absolutely new to this forum.

are there any writers out there who can say their piece, tell their story, in under 15,000 words? is Tolstoy the new model for erotic writers? :)
 
Hello all,
Please note that Matadore has posted his story that we were looking forward to. We have two; that is our quota, and they will be up for a week or so.

Please no one post any further stories this middle Sept without checking. We want one or two each week, not five in one week, Nothing the next.
 
New (co) Moderator Added

I've asked for assistance in moderating, both to keep the forum tidy and to stir things up a bit. You all know Penny as longtime participant. Laurel is in the process of setting up Penny as co- or second moderator, to be, very shortly, equal to myself.

Thanks for stepping up, Penny; let us all welcome her in this new job.

:rose:

"pure"
J.
 
Will you please put the following story in the queue for eventual discussion?

http://english.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=245957

This is a fairly long story (seven Lit pages) that has to do with the abduction of a young lady in Africa. I was trying to explore aspects of domination and submission with somewhat believable characters and I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the story with some readers.

I do not meet the criteria for participation as I have not discussed any of the previous stories in this group. I have posted semi-intelligently to a couple of the generic discussion threads, though. :)

Thank you.
 
Penelope Street said:
How's Sunday, October 22 work for posting your discussion thread?

That works just fine for me. Thank you for the opportunity.
 
Selena is up.

with her story, 'connections,' which was a runnerup for a prize in erotic writing.

welcome. thanks for dropping in.

:rose:
 
Humble request for slot in most honourable queue...

I've got a narrative. It's one of a series of narratives which are inter-related and are all sort of slightly oblique approaches to the erotic short story; this one is a bit more conventionally short-story-like than the others. It's not yet completely finished, but I should have a complete narrative by this weekend.

Would people like/be interested in having a look at this? I'm not saying it's good, but it is... odd.
 
Unsolvable Problems

I just got a feedback on my latest story, Zandra's Valentine Weekend from an Anonymous which read as follows:

Nice story but you left a big sub plot unresolved. You set us up with the
brother story as if it was the story then let us down with a sappy valentine denoument. The brother story was by far the more interesting

I don't usually take the least account of less-than-positive feedbacks from Anonymous, but I felt this one merited some consideration. Indeed, I'm sorry that whoever submitted it did not bother to write under his/her own ID, because I should have liked to converse with him/her about it..

I felt that in this case, Anonymous's shot hit home, because I had similar misgivings when I submitted the story. However, the V-Day deadline was fast approaching and I couldn't resolve it myself. I have one other story with the brother in it, and I got a few feedbacks for it which identified his problem. But I couldn't solve it. For sure he couldn't solve it. It wasn't even diagnosed--well, it had been diagnosed, but in 1943, who was going to be interested in reading a paper written by some Kraut psychologist? It's only been within the last dozen years or so that it has been included in the DSM-IV so that people have been able to talk about it and get social services for it.

Back then, you didn't. You did your best to carry on, when an important component of your psyche was as hidden from yourself as it was from everyone else. Nobody talked about it and you sure as hell didn't get any services for it.

The only person I could possibly have consulted about what it was like to deal with an autism spectrum disorder during that period in history is dead. But even when he was alive, I could only have approached him in the most oblique way possible, for he made it clear to me that it was a taboo subject--certainly, that it did not apply to him.

I would like to think that sometime (1) the Anonymous who wrote me might have occasion to read this post and (2) there might be discussion about what kind of literary treatment to give other unsolvable problems.
 
This is a prospect I view with trepidation, as I'm sensitive about criticism. However, I probably should get over this if I'm ever going to venture outside the world of Literotica. Shoot, why not?
 
SlickTony said:
This is a prospect I view with trepidation, as I'm sensitive about criticism. However, I probably should get over this if I'm ever going to venture outside the world of Literotica. Shoot, why not?

Hi Tony,

Well, you probably should get over it anyway, right? :)

Since we try not to have multiple discussion at the same time, it would probably be several weeks before we got to yours. At this point, I think you'd be second in the queue behind EllaRegina. The queue isn't strictly first-come, first-serve, so you could be bumped- though I believe this unlikely. My best guess is you could probably host a discussion in early March, give or take, so you've certainly a little time to think about whether you want to do so and which story you'd like to have featured. The story doesn't have to be posted, by the way.

Although we try to be polite, most members don't sugar coat things and sometimes discussions can get a little lively, so if you're super sensitive about criticism, that might be an issue. That said, there's only one instance where I can remember that things got truly ugly and you can state in your introduction exactly what kind of feedback you're seeking and thus tailor your discussion toward a gentler exchange. I can help you a bit with this if you decide to take the plunge.

I hope I haven't scared you away already!

Since you're meant to participate in discussions before having one of your own and it would also give you some idea of what you might expect, you might consider joining in Simon's discussion:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=494213

Take Care,
Penny
 
I guess I'm not that worried. Afterall, at least 85-90% of the feedback letters I get are positive ones. And then, too, having H ratings on the majority of my stories doesn't hurt either.

A lot of the readership doesn't come to the AH, but they are a kind of select bunch. They like to see detail and character development and literary stuff like that. I've warned in at least one of my stories that stroke purists--i.e., those who just want a short stroke piece--should pass my stuff by, because they won't appreciate it.
 
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Hi Ella,

Thank you for volunteering! Do you want to start your discussion sometime next week, assuming Simon's has wound down by then?

Penny
 
High Sign

Hi Ella,

I suspect there will be a few more responses to Simon's thread, but it's definitely winding down. How would you feel about starting your thread on Valentine's Day?

Penny
 
I cannot do this now.

I'm afraid I must remove myself from the discussion queue at this time, alas. I pass the baton to the next person in line.
 
EllaRegina said:
I'm afraid I must remove myself from the discussion queue at this time, alas. I pass the baton to the next person in line.

Ella, I'm really disappointed. The writing of yours which I've seen is superb; I was really looking forward to seeing new work of yours. Is there anything we can do to change your mind?
 
OK, deal me in

Well, since I indicated an interest in putting The Ice Cream Cone in the discussion queue, I might as well go through with it :eek: :eek:
 
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