Let's play: Stroker or Not?

[AwkwardMD]

Here we go. Lafayette Hills. A watershed story for me. 30k words

On the stroker side: POV you're a wallflower, and the woman who is covertly sleeping with half the neighborhood has noticed you.

On the not side: the story only uses the word autism once, in the epilogue, when the protagonist Mary is receiving her diagnosis, but the signs are there. It only uses the word suicide once, to explain the deadline Mary has been fretting about the whole time with regards to her writing, but the signs are there. It never uses the word narcissist, to describe the older woman seducing Mary, but there are red flags everywhere.

Sometimes, though, in the moment, being used can feel so good.

 

[NaughteeDragon]

Motivation is several strokers strung together. After the date is over (about 3500 words) there is a 2000 word sex scene. At the end is an 8,000 word threesome that could stand on its own as a pure stroker.

 

[Statius]

Accessibility Compliance
A first-person narrator accidentally becomes voyeur to a sexting conversation and explicit pictures sent between two strangers. They get so turned on that they need to sneak away to the office bathroom to get some relief, but complications arise!

It might be a stroker because it's fairly short (5k words), it kind of starts in media res, it plays with some semi-taboo topics, and it ends in a pair of messy orgasms...

It might NOT be a stroker because it doesn't actually involve any penetrative sex, and in fact doesn't even involve any characters physically touching at all. Also the central conceit of the story involves looking at HTML code

My thoughts: I think it's not a stroker, my intention when writing it was to fulfill an intellectual writing challenge, and as it developed it also became strangely, awkwardly romantic. But... It's also an attempt at writing something dirty and naughty, and the MC is a bit of a horny creep in their own weird way

Probably not the thread to do this but you write a great deal based on American folklore. Do you have book recommendations that you use for source material? I have 1 but it's all like Paul Bunyan type material. Just curious. Thanks.

 

[PennyThompson]

Probably not the thread to do this but you write a great deal based on American folklore. Do you have book recommendations that you use for source material? I have 1 but it's all like Paul Bunyan type material. Just curious. Thanks.

I have to admit that my scholarship is pretty casual Mostly google scholar and wikipedia for anything factual or historical, and a variety of graphic novels, movies, tv, video games and roleplaying source books for inspiration.

I'm a big fan of Mike Mignola's Hellboy graphic novels, the Dandelion story was partly inspired by his story The Crooked Man. There's a movie adaptation, it's interesting but not great!

Somewhat coincidentally, @RudelyAbrupt commented on my story to recommend Manly Wade Wellman, who wrote folk horror pulp fiction and who served as an inspiration for Mignola. On Rudely's recommendation I got a copy of Wellman's John the Balladeer, and absolutely loved it. I enjoyed it and highly recommend it, but I kind of regret reading it because now it's making it difficult for me to write a second Dandelion story without feeling too derivative of Wellman's stuff

 

[AwkwardMD]

I have to admit that my scholarship is pretty casual Mostly google scholar and wikipedia for anything factual or historical, and a variety of graphic novels, movies, tv, video games and roleplaying source books for inspiration.

I'm a big fan of Mike Mignola's Hellboy graphic novels, the Dandelion story was partly inspired by his story The Crooked Man. There's a movie adaptation, it's interesting but not great!

Somewhat coincidentally, @RudelyAbrupt commented on my story to recommend Manly Wade Wellman, who wrote folk horror pulp fiction and who served as an inspiration for Mignola. On Rudely's recommendation I got a copy of Wellman's John the Balladeer, and absolutely loved it. I enjoyed it and highly recommend it, but I kind of regret reading it because now it's making it difficult for me to write a second Dandelion story without feeling too derivative of Wellman's stuff

You should definitely try to track down the film version of John The Balladeer. It is an all-time classic.

 

[Statius]

I have to admit that my scholarship is pretty casual Mostly google scholar and wikipedia for anything factual or historical, and a variety of graphic novels, movies, tv, video games and roleplaying source books for inspiration.

I'm a big fan of Mike Mignola's Hellboy graphic novels, the Dandelion story was partly inspired by his story The Crooked Man. There's a movie adaptation, it's interesting but not great!

Somewhat coincidentally, @RudelyAbrupt commented on my story to recommend Manly Wade Wellman, who wrote folk horror pulp fiction and who served as an inspiration for Mignola. On Rudely's recommendation I got a copy of Wellman's John the Balladeer, and absolutely loved it. I enjoyed it and highly recommend it, but I kind of regret reading it because now it's making it difficult for me to write a second Dandelion story without feeling too derivative of Wellman's stuff

Thanks!

 

[StillStunned]

I'm reviving this thread because it's been a while and I think it's fun.

Stroker or not? Jackie

"Jackie" is a shortish fairy tale about a farm lass who goes on a journey and has sex with people.

Why it might be a stroker: in 6.7k words, there are four sex scenes. There's very little else going on.

Why it might not be a stroker: none of the scenes are long enough to get the reader seriously hot and bothered. The story's appeal is in the fairy tale charm, even during the explicit scenes.

My verdict: not a stroker.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Snazzy thread, twinsie.

Diary of a Clutch Slut

Why it might be a stroker: It's almost entirely sex after the first scene. The whole story revolves around me trying to be a good dino and not give into breeding instincts, but after a masturbatory session, just can't get there and text a studly utahraptor to come rail me. The driving force behind it is the fight to not give into breeding instincts. Also fucking.

Why it might not be a stroker: It has a strong theme around identity. Most other dinos view avian-like ones with a bit of snobbery, and make fun of them for being "clutch sluts" when they go into season and just get fucked by anything that moves. It's speciesist, and the same standard isn't applied to non-avian dinos who have similar behaviors. The struggle to not have sex during my breeding season to avoid being a confirmed clutch slut and ruin my reputation and standing by people going "that Anthy really is nothing more than a horny bird" and how it would impact my career. The first half is a constant struggle with the sexual frustration of going on a date with a handsome utahraptor to avoid someone else snatching him up, but trying to keep it from escalating into full sex. Spoilers: It escalates into all kinds of sex.

Verdict: Stroker. While the themes of identity are strong, they revolve around to sex or not to sex, and the consequences and worries are more for to explain why I hadn't previously had sex during breeding season and why I'm trying not to with the utahraptor in case word gets out. But if you were to remove the sex, there's no real story there, and it is written high a very high level of sexual detail (which, to be fair, most of my stories are like that) and was written primarily for titillation; the social commentary stuff is just something I'm apparently incapable of not injecting to some degree in my work.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I missed this the first time around.

Garter Belts and Cigarettes

Stroker: because it was the first story I ever wrote where I said, can I write a stroker? where plot doesn't matter, and sex is central.

Not stroker: a comment says it better:

Props be damned, I could use a cigarette after that. (And I haven't smoked since college!)

I love these two. They feel so desperately human. I'm very jealous of them. I can't wait to explore more of their sumptuous relationship. Although I will, because your stories have a lovely way of filling the mind for a good long while.

Conclusion, even when I try to write a pure stroker, my story-side writer always gets there first.

 

[Erozetta]

I have a new one I can add to this:

Pretty When You Cry

Stroker: there are no details on characters, no overarching plot. It is a vignette, a single moment between two people that is fully sex based. They aren't named or described in much detail at all. The sex is the focus

Not a stroker: it has heart. There is a sense of who these people are even in such a short story. Their dynamic is clear through the sex and the few words said between them.

My verdict: stroker despite other people wanting to say it's too wholesome and heartfelt to be a stroker.

 

[deathlynx]

Most that I publish here are strokers. Though I'm looking into starting to put up one of my longer works that won't be.