Do authors ever add links to other posts at the end of their stories?

[OverconfidentSarcasm]

Yeah, that could work. But it seems fragile. And I thought I heard somewhere that the system might balk at a "dead" link in a story. Or not dead, but not yet born.

It is. But it's the only way (for now).

 

[intim8]

Anyway, my purpose for this is beyond linking to the next story in a series. I'm about to post my first story in Romance, and after the story, I want to give readers in that category links to others of my stories that they might like, stories that could have gone into the Romance category but didn't because that wasn't the focus. I have two of them, one in First Time and one in E&V that are romantic, if not Romance stories per se.

 

[gunhilltrain]

My stories have got links to other stories especially if they are series.

My next story has a link to the story of which is the source material. I've got a good relationship with the author she is helping me with my story. It helps the reader?

You can't hyperlink within stories. So jump to page 5 for the next bit sort of thing, but you can go to other lit stories.

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That is particularly helpful is you have sequels (or even prequels) that are not part of a series. Sometimes I didn't expect a series, so I added stories piecemeal. Similar to that, if you have the same characters in a different time period, you can link to those. I've been rather messy in presenting different times or time lines, so that is my attempt to pull things together for the readers. In any case, most of them don't care one way or the other.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Yeah, I spoof it. I look at the current chapter URL. I probably get it right like 75% of the time. I ended up linking to someone else’s story with the same title once. Laurel fixed it for me.

That's kind of amusing, that two writers come up with the same title. There are a few cases of movies, from different time periods, that wound up with the same title. There are a few book examples too.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Since most of my stories are interlinked, I do add links at the end to the next part of the story as well as links to related stories when applicable. I also add links to the previous part where appropriate.

 

[intim8]

That's kind of amusing, that two writers come up with the same title.

It's really common. Though there is real creativity and originality to be found here, the site mostly lives on tropes.

 

[EmilyMiller]

That's kind of amusing, that two writers come up with the same title. There are a few cases of movies, from different time periods, that wound up with the same title. There are a few book examples too.

It was my chaptered series, Bouncing Back. I knew it was going to be chapters and so I published Bouncing Back Ch. 01 - which gets a URL ending in bouncing-back-ch-01

I don’t know about the relative timing (I think I was later from memory), but someone had published Bouncing Back and then decided to publish Bouncing Back Ch. 02.

So our chapter 1 URLs didn’t clash, but what I assumed my Ch. 02 would get as a URL was already taken by the other author.

As I say, Laurel sorted it out.

Emily

 

[gunhilltrain]

It was my chaptered series, Bouncing Back. I knew it was going to be chapters and so I published Bouncing Back Ch. 01 - which gets a URL ending in bouncing-back-ch-01

I don’t know about the relative timing (I think I was later from memory), but someone had published Bouncing Back and then decided to publish Bouncing Back Ch. 02.

So our chapter 1 URLs didn’t clash, but what I assumed my Ch. 02 would get as a URL was already taken by the other author.

As I say, Laurel sorted it out.

Emily

Perhaps it shows how people may think along a certain path without being aware that somebody else is thinking of the same thing on a different path. How would one explain 1942 and 1958 movies (the latter based on a book) with the same title but no similarity in content? To add to the branching weirdness, Brian Aherne later played Captain Smith in the 1953 version of Titanic.

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[lustychimera]

It's really common. Though there is real creativity and originality to be found here, the site mostly lives on tropes.

Part of it, too, you spend all that type delving into the psychology of complex characters that you really care about, then you gotta name it "Cumslut Pussy Fuckers 4" to get reads.

The short tagline rather than a blurb adds to it, too: Tammy the Skank Engine gets railed by a choo-choo train.

But it is what it is.

 

[intim8]

Part of it, too, you spend all that type delving into the psychology of complex characters that you really care about, then you gotta name it "Cumslut Pussy Fuckers 4" to get reads.

The short tagline rather than a blurb adds to it, too: Tammy the Skank Engine gets railed by a choo-choo train.

But it is what it is.

I've never had to do that, and my views and votes are just.... oh, right. Never mind.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Part of it, too, you spend all that type delving into the psychology of complex characters that you really care about, then you gotta name it "Cumslut Pussy Fuckers 4" to get reads.

The short tagline rather than a blurb adds to it, too: Tammy the Skank Engine gets railed by a choo-choo train.

But it is what it is.

Just because the site lives on tropes doesn't mean that we have to. Porn movie titles usually have terrible puns (the tank engine example above) or sound like something from a person with Tourette Syndrome (the cumslut example). I'm guessing that this 1941 movie title influenced the later 1973 one - just change "and" to "in." Jean Arthur seems to be having a suspiciously good time there. The people who create movie posters - even back then - knew exactly what they were doing and what they could get away with.

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[lustychimera]

I've never had to do that, and my views and votes are just.... oh, right. Never mind.

Yeah, I'm starting to realize I should. I think my stuff's engaging once someone clicks on it. I know it veers pretty weird, and there's far better authors on here, but I do think it's better than the a lot of the stuff posted around it that get the red H's. Almost every single one of my stories has spent half its day as a 3 before slowly climbing back up. A week later, it gets an H. That's kinda disheartening after putting so much effort in.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Yeah, I'm starting to realize I should. I think my stuff's engaging once someone clicks on it. I know it veers pretty weird, and there's far better authors on here, but I do think it's better than the a lot of the stuff posted around it that get the red H's. Almost every single one of my stories has spent half its day as a 3 before slowly climbing back up. A week later, it gets an H. That's kinda disheartening after putting so much effort in.

I know I've had at least one guy - it might be on this site, I'd have to look - who commented that he had, ah, pleasured himself after reading my story. I guess I was a bit flattered, but I also thought, "Dude, do you have to share everything with me?"

 

[intim8]

Dude, do you have to share everything with me?

Maybe he thought it was a true story and you were sharing with him.

 

[lustychimera]

I know I've had at least one guy - it might be on this site, I'd have to look - who commented that he had, ah, pleasured himself after reading my story. I guess I was a bit flattered, but I also thought, "Dude, do you have to share everything with me?"

"Bro, I had to change my knickers writing it. Twice."

I guess that's the goal, but I sure don't want to think about it. Like I say, I care about those characters even when it's degenerate fetish smut, and while it's definitely a compliment when they tell you how hot a scene featuring those characters was, it also feels kind of weird when their comment really objectifies them. I understand that's a me problem, tho. Gotta get more jaded.

 

[gunhilltrain]

"Bro, I had to change my knickers writing it. Twice."

I guess that's the goal, but I sure don't want to think about it. Like I say, I care about those characters even when it's degenerate fetish smut, and while it's definitely a compliment when they tell you how hot a scene featuring those characters was, it also feels kind of weird when their comment really objectifies them. I understand that's a me problem, tho. Gotta get more jaded.

I'm ambivalent about my own readers. On one hand, it's nice to have a big audience; that's a point of writing here. But I've used the analogy of a horde of locusts, swooping in to eat all the naughty bits. When they're done (usually in about ten days) they move on to the next field. But after six years and three sites, I'm not jaded. I just do what I want, and if some people like it, then fine.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Maybe he thought it was a true story and you were sharing with him.

There's a considerable amount of confusion out there about that; I think there's a whole thread about it. I've had people comment, "It's so great that you had that experience with a girl and you're telling us about it." I had to respond, "I just made up everything in there."

If I'm writing a real memoir, trying to remember it as best I can, it goes into Reviews and Essays. Otherwise, even if there are a few true elements in it, it's fiction and goes into another category.

 

[Duleigh]

do people ever add links to their other Literotica stories at the bottom of a story?

I do it quite often. I have several related "universes", chapter stories with side stories, and event entries. With the new Series option I don't put links in as often but for my Geek Pride entry I'll toss in a link to last years Geek Pride entry.

 

[Syzoth]

I have several ongoing series that interconnect, including "Sharing My Wife Amanda" and "The Hot Babysitter". As an example, in chapter 7 of "Sharing My Wife Amanda", I might have a notation like "(Refers to events in Chapter 2 of 'The Hot Babysitter')" so the casual reader will understand the references. But I've never included actual links.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I know I've had at least one guy - it might be on this site, I'd have to look - who commented that he had, ah, pleasured himself after reading my story. I guess I was a bit flattered, but I also thought, "Dude, do you have to share everything with me?"

I get those. I take it as a compliment. At the risk of being sexist, it’s kinda cool when the message is from a woman.

Emily

 

[StillStunned]

I get those. I take it as a compliment. At the risk of being sexist, it’s kinda cool when the message is from a woman.

Emily

I've had one of those. It gives a greater sense of accomplishment than when it's a male reader, although I'm not sure why. I assume that women read Lit to get turned on just as much as men do. Maybe the sense is that they're more reluctant to share that it got them hot and bothered.

 

[intim8]

I've had one of those. It gives a greater sense of accomplishment than when it's a male reader, although I'm not sure why. I assume that women read Lit to get turned on just as much as men do. Maybe the sense is that they're more reluctant to share that it got them hot and bothered.

Or because you're a guy (I think), and knowing you made a woman cum by just thinking it is a hell of a thing.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I've had one of those. It gives a greater sense of accomplishment than when it's a male reader, although I'm not sure why. I assume that women read Lit to get turned on just as much as men do. Maybe the sense is that they're more reluctant to share that it got them hot and bothered.

Men seem very open to sharing their masturbatory experiences here (I should say some men), women are rather more reticent.

I’m more likely to get a “girl, that hit the spot for me, if you know what I mean” from a woman and a “I covered my chest with spunk I came so hard” from a man.

Maybe boys are taught to be more open about such things.

Emily

 

[EmilyMiller]

Men seem very open to sharing their masturbatory experiences here (I should say some men), women are rather more reticent.

I’m more likely to get a “girl, that hit the spot for me, if you know what I mean” from a woman and a “I covered my chest with spunk I came so hard” from a man.

Maybe boys are taught to be more open about such things.

Emily

Follow up, maybe women are more open about their masturbatory experiences when PMing a man?

Emily

 

[intim8]

Follow up, maybe women are more open about their masturbatory experiences when PMing a man?

Emily

Or it could just come down to: men are simpler. Put certiain images in our heads, and it's off to the races.

Women, it's like putting an IKEA race car together and you only get to read the instructions once.

Also, on the subject of self reporting, I wonder if women subconsciously feel some kind of bond with the author?