Tsunami Story

[English Lady]

Dr M...for the record..I got the name thing

 

[shereads]

As to being exploitive, I don't see the least bit of merit in that accusation.

I had the exactly the same thought, but it came out as "WTF?"

Honestly, pornsters, did you ever think you'd see an author of erotica accused of pandering to his readers' lust for despair?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I had the exactly the same thought, but it came out as "WTF?"

Honestly, pornsters, did you ever think you'd see an author of erotica accused of pandering to his readers' lust for despair?

I go with the theory that reading porn is a guilty pleasure for a lot of readers. Trying to tackle real world problems or explore anything "serious" is an affront to them. Something similar to an articl on theoretical astrophisics in playboy.

 

[shereads]

I go with the theory that reading porn is a guilty pleasure for a lot of readers. Trying to tackle real world problems or explore anything "serious" is an affront to them. Something similar to an articl on theoretical astrophisics in playboy.

All of my pleasures are guilty (Thanks, Southern Baptist church!) and free dirty stories remain high on the list. But I have the opposite reaction, Colly. Serious topics allow me to pretend I'm more eager for the scientist to save the giant redwoods from the ruthless developer than for the angry lumberjacks to chain the girl reporter to a stump.

 

[Subo97]

Darn

I guess now I have to erase my story about the two Right-to-Lifers who give their minister a blow job in his SUV outside Terry SChiavo's hospice. It was really hot, too.

 

[Softouch911]

dr._M, as you know from a separate conversation, I really didn't want you to pull your story out of the competition. "Tsunami" is one of the few treatments of the tragedy I've seen that makes it into a human tragedy rather than a monumental collage of misplaced body parts and real estate.

Certainly, it could have been exploitative, in other hands. Your writing turned it into something special. And I really regret the competition is without one of its strongest stories; whether you're eligible to win or not is irrelevant to me.

In addition, I always hate to give the censorship crew even an iota of an inch.



Softouch

 

[cookiejar]

I am so glad I read and voted on your story before you pulled it dr_m. All I can say is I don't understand some of the people who read our stories.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Doc,

If the negative responses were beginning to get you down, them IMHO you did right to pull the story from the Earth Day competition. Other than the grief it’s caused you, the one thing that worries me is the possibility this will have a “chilling effect” on future stories by all of us; stories that might lack the traditional fantasy elements and happy ever after ending.

In light of the reaction by some readers, it’s possible that when touching on ephemeral subjects such as the healing power of sex, we writers may have to consider adding some “tell” in addition to the show. Hemingway resorted to some telling about this same issue in (I believe) A Farewell to Arms.

And don’t forget your audience. As others have noted, folks come here for happy-time escapism. You may remember the SDC going over my story that revolved around the negative effects of nonconsensual sex. We debated whether to post it in NonConsent or NonErotic. Just to see what would happen, I submitted the exact same story with different titles and descriptions.

Title------------category-----score---votes--views

Scholastic Sex (NonConsent)--3.16---19----20178

Prejudicial Act (NonErotic)-----4.73---11----1100

Doc, keep on keeping on. The great thing about Lit is it gives us a chance to try different things as writers. Don’t pull back. You done did good, hoss.

Rumple Foreskin