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Senor_Smut

Senor_Smut

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I mean I am really bad at them.

Rather than working on my ongoing stories, which would be the responsible thing to do, I got bitten by a bug to write something else. It's going great, but my usual difficulty coming up with titles for my own work is raising its unpleasant head. Hopefully some of you kind folks will be able to help.

It's a Non-Consent story about a genuinely heroic, crusading young police woman who is fighting to clean up a corrupt city where organized crime and the official power structure (including the police) act in a coalition to control the city behind the scenes. Obviously our heroine's crusade draws a reaction from the powers that be, and eventually she gets forced into the most compromising of positions and then blackmailed with proof of her coerced actions. That all happens before the end of the first chapter. She's basically now the police department's mascot, and they feed her high-profile successes to help convince the public that things aren't corrupt at all. The arc of the story sees her fighting to retain at least some of her integrity and resist her oppressors at least a little as more and more degrading demands are placed upon her. My focus will be on the psychology of the MC at least as much as what she's forced to do.

This will be a long, multi-chapter story that dived deep, so I don't want a stroke story title like "Cop Bitch Takes A Gangbang" or the like. Ideally my title would have something to do with the dichotomy between her idealistic expectations when she got into the job as opposed to the sickening, sordid reality that she's found. The best I've come up with so far is "A Badge Is Not A Shield" but I'm pretty sure that gargles donkey nuts. Any ideas?
 
Senor_Smut said:
Oooh, the R-word. Literotica forbids stories about rape, but approves them all the time. Still, I think putting the word in the title might be a red flag even for them.
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Honesty is the best policy

FWIW I had a Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal FMC who was repeatedly raped on video by cartel members (actually corrupt police officers) trying to send a message to her actual U.S. Marshal father.

Things ended badly for the rapists in the final gun battle.

If anyone found that arousing, they need urgent medical help. Much like most of the cartel members.
 
Senor_Smut said:
I mean I am really bad at them.

Rather than working on my ongoing stories, which would be the responsible thing to do, I got bitten by a bug to write something else. It's going great, but my usual difficulty coming up with titles for my own work is raising its unpleasant head. Hopefully some of you kind folks will be able to help.

It's a Non-Consent story about a genuinely heroic, crusading young police woman who is fighting to clean up a corrupt city where organized crime and the official power structure (including the police) act in a coalition to control the city behind the scenes. Obviously our heroine's crusade draws a reaction from the powers that be, and eventually she gets forced into the most compromising of positions and then blackmailed with proof of her coerced actions. That all happens before the end of the first chapter. She's basically now the police department's mascot, and they feed her high-profile successes to help convince the public that things aren't corrupt at all. The arc of the story sees her fighting to retain at least some of her integrity and resist her oppressors at least a little as more and more degrading demands are placed upon her. My focus will be on the psychology of the MC at least as much as what she's forced to do.

This will be a long, multi-chapter story that dived deep, so I don't want a stroke story title like "Cop Bitch Takes A Gangbang" or the like. Ideally my title would have something to do with the dichotomy between her idealistic expectations when she got into the job as opposed to the sickening, sordid reality that she's found. The best I've come up with so far is "A Badge Is Not A Shield" but I'm pretty sure that gargles donkey nuts. Any ideas?
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Excessive Force
 
Senor_Smut said:
Oooh, the R-word. Literotica forbids stories about rape, but approves them all the time. Still, I think putting the word in the title might be a red flag even for them.
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A quick search turned up 208 stories with "rape" in the title. The most recent was in late June.
 
I'll weigh in on this.

What are you trying to get at? What is the single most important erotic focus of your story? This is an erotic story site, and your story seems to have an erotic focus. You want to draw readers, who have hundreds of story titles to choose from.

Based on the way you described the story, I think Chuck Wolf's idea of "Slave Cop" isn't bad. It's a bit salacious, but this is a site for salacious stories. Salacious is a feature, not a bug.

I personally think that in most cases the title should suggest, in a fun, eye-popping way, the erotic nature and appeal of the story. Look for eye-catching words. "Slave" is one of them. Your story deals with nonconsent and degradation. "Slave" gets that across.

My mantra on this sort of thing has always been that the text of your story is the art, and the rest -- title, tags, taglines, category choice -- is all marketing. Don't be afraid to do what you can to get eyeballs on the story.
 
SimonDoom said:
I'll weigh in on this.

What are you trying to get at? What is the single most important erotic focus of your story? This is an erotic story site, and your story seems to have an erotic focus. You want to draw readers, who have hundreds of story titles to choose from.

Based on the way you described the story, I think Chuck Wolf's idea of "Slave Cop" isn't bad. It's a bit salacious, but this is a site for salacious stories. Salacious is a feature, not a bug.

I personally think that in most cases the title should suggest, in a fun, eye-popping way, the erotic nature and appeal of the story. Look for eye-catching words. "Slave" is one of them. Your story deals with nonconsent and degradation. "Slave" gets that across.

My mantra on this sort of thing has always been that the text of your story is the art, and the rest -- title, tags, taglines, category choice -- is all marketing. Don't be afraid to do what you can to get eyeballs on the story.
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I don't want to oversell the sex. It's going to be there, and it's going to get...well, some of the nonconsent will push boundaries of what Lit will allow. At the same time, though, sex won't be the only way she'll be degraded. Up until the inciting event happens, she's going to be crusading against corruption, but after that she'll not only be forced to tolerate it, but actually participate (the OC in the city will sometimes use her as an errand girl, a guard for illicit activities, and worse). That does qualify as slavery too, I guess. But my focus is less on what she's forced to do than how she feels about it, what internal compromises she's forced to make, and how much of herself she can retain while swimming in an ocean of shit. I don't want a title that will sucker people in with the belief that it's sex-focused and then yank the rug out from underneath them.
 
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