Loving wives - WTF, or is it me or them?

[Actingup]

I would have thought you would have been hammered on the Arab thing ..... just goes to show that you can never be sure how they will react and sometimes a good tale can survive them ...

Not too much - there was some obvious 1-bombing and some people weren't comfortable with the first episode (which was fine - I was writing about people making bad decisions). But since it had the expected 'burn the bastard' ending, maybe it wasn't that controversial. And nobody took offence at the Saudi aspect.

I did expect to be burned on my earlier 'A Game of Snooker' as it was an obvious 'women on top' story but it was popular and is currently rating 4.64, which I'll take for LW any day of the week. The heroine in that one doesn't cheat on her husband, but takes decisive action against him, his mistress, and the wannabe lover. It suggests to me that the LW readers are not so much misogynistic as justice-seeking....

 

[Gamblnluck]

Most of my stories seem to be going into Romance at the moment where of course they get higher ratings, but I may well stray again into the dark side....

Just read your story "Game of Snooker". It was excellent. Well thought out, and well paced.

 

[Gamblnluck]

The heroine in that one doesn't cheat on her husband, but takes decisive action against him, his mistress, and the wannabe lover. It suggests to me that the LW readers are not so much misogynistic as justice-seeking....

NOW you are hitting the nail on the head. I've said that many times in my posts here. Y

 

[Actingup]

Just read your story "Game of Snooker". It was excellent. Well thought out, and well paced.

Cheers for that! I'm quite proud of it.

NOW you are hitting the nail on the head. I've said that many times in my posts here. Y

Although I still think that there's a harsher standard that gets applied by some to women! In the response to that story, for example, a lot of the comments were along the lines of 'gosh I wouldn't trust her if I was in a relationship with her', but then to balance that there are others that point out the obvious - that she was fighting to escape a controlling relationship using the tools at her disposal, and she wasn't in a mood to take prisoners. Which again affirms that LW is not a uniform readership and it's a big mistake if we judge the whole cohort by a part of the group.

 

[DrPope]

and it's a big mistake if we judge the whole cohort by a part of the group.

This is very true it’s a minority that gives LW it’s reputation… it’s just that it’s a very loud minority….

 

[Chrisvlane]

It goes with the territory.

Some authors are striving for the Red-H believing it indicates their story is great and will draw more views.

But in LW, my story may rate on average 1.0 lower than in EC, mature, or elsewhere. But I'm getting the more views in LW, without that Red-H!

Edit: I'm an admittedly shitty, amateur writer. But my stories in all categories average over 15k views since I started. If I extract those early stories in other categories, the average for my LW stories rises to about 18k each.

I'm sure I'm being a bit of a dumb English newbie, but can anybody explain what the RED H denotes Whilst searching?

 

[ElectricBlue]

I'm sure I'm being a bit of a dumb English newbie, but can anybody explain what the RED H denotes Whilst searching?

A score of at least 4:50 from ten or more votes.

 

[nice90sguy]

They should rename LW to "Revenge Porn"

 

[Lifestyle66]

They should rename LW to "Revenge Porn"

No need for that.

I write a variety of relationships in LW, and after the 1-scrapings, I consider my ratings to be honest.

Do I write perfect stories that everyone LOVES? Of course not! No one can with a story which averages a perfect 5!

People have different tastes and limits, and there will honestly be some who DISLIKE any particular story. The only way to achieve anything close to 5 average is to ONLY allow those who love it to find it and read it! (Thus the other limited categories with lower readership.)

And I'm an amateur writer, with no formal training in writing fiction. My writing style doesn't appeal to everyone.

So, a story like: "His Vixen" "A confident husband challenges his wife with their game."
now rated at 3.89 with 200 votes (after 1-scrapings) and 22k views shows it's not all about "revenge". There was no revenge in that story! I built the characters to explain their reasons for everything they did. (It's about hot wife scenario.)

LW merely has a larger and more general audience, who all love and hate different things for different reasons.

Out of those remaining 200 votes on my story after 1-scrapings, I just don't allow the small handful of haters to set my hair on fire! I appreciate their opinions. And I honestly don't think the quality of my writing deserves a Red-H.

 

[lc69hunter]

Reading a prepping for cuckolding story the other day, the first commenter quoted some bogus stat, and slamming the author for those type of stories, and I called him on his shit. Looked this morning and the next 15 commenters attacked me directly, and one anon said he would like to put a bullet in the back of my head. I suppose I could report it, but he would just come back under a different disguise.

However, something far more interesting. I was browsing back on stories I had saved as favorites back in the 2015 timeframe, and guess what? Two of the most vociferous haters of all things non-monogamous now, were praising those stories back then. I guess a leopard can change its spots, or they got religion or something.

 

[WCSGarland]

My LW series (first five chapters after 1-scrapings are between 3.38/237 votes and 3.96/358 votes, the latest chapter before 1-scrapings is at 1.59/61 votes), but one comment I received on the latest chapter was a gem:

Good writing, but the subject matter is just so not appealing to me. I hope it lands in an audience more receptive to these type characters.

I dare say my series is not about revenge either, probably more about self discovery after infidelity. Some of the other chapters have received appreciative comments about having a different narrative than most LW stories.

 

[yowser]

It's such an unusual category. So many comments will actually pay attention to the writing but then complain that they hated the story (and you, the dumb yutz that wrote it.)

Here's but two examples on my half-dozen LW stories:

Good writing or not, it's still about a cheating whore and that gets it a *2.

While well written and hot, ... etc.