WinsomeWeb
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- Oct 12, 2020
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I'm looking for some feedback for my short story, The Thief of Thieves. It's in the Sci-Fi & Fantasy category, about 5300 words, and told in first person past tense. It's very (very) loosely based on Roman mythology.
It's nowhere near the first story I've written, and it isn't the first one I've submitted here, but it is the first one I've submitted to Literotica that isn't for a contest. I like submitting for contests because they're a great source of motivation, as they come with some loose themes and a deadline, and that means I even actually finish them sometimes. This story, though, was a rarity in that it was just a random spur of the moment thing that I actually managed to finish.
Overall, I am relatively happy with the result. There haven't been many votes, but there haven't been many views either. The story is sitting just below the Hot threshold, and has accumulated a vote to view ratio of about 1:50, which, based on my randomly reading other threads, is above average. That will probably only continue to fall, but it's not been a complete failure.
One of the biggest regrets I have in this submission is putting it in Sci-Fi & Fantasy, and not Erotic Couplings. One person recommended I do that, but, after showing it another person, I got feedback it seemed somewhat aggressive, and I panicked and put it in Sci-Fi & Fantasy instead. I definitely should have listened to that first person (not least because I literally asked them to specifically recommend a category), but publishing things makes me really anxious, and the idea that I might be putting something that could be, maybe a little bit, construed by someone as dubious consent made me feel really guilty.
In terms of the writing itself, I think it's fine. I'm happy with the text. I don't think I totally stuck the ending, but I kind of ran into the point where it just felt done.
If anyone has any feedback, I'd love to hear it. Thanks.
It's nowhere near the first story I've written, and it isn't the first one I've submitted here, but it is the first one I've submitted to Literotica that isn't for a contest. I like submitting for contests because they're a great source of motivation, as they come with some loose themes and a deadline, and that means I even actually finish them sometimes. This story, though, was a rarity in that it was just a random spur of the moment thing that I actually managed to finish.
Overall, I am relatively happy with the result. There haven't been many votes, but there haven't been many views either. The story is sitting just below the Hot threshold, and has accumulated a vote to view ratio of about 1:50, which, based on my randomly reading other threads, is above average. That will probably only continue to fall, but it's not been a complete failure.
One of the biggest regrets I have in this submission is putting it in Sci-Fi & Fantasy, and not Erotic Couplings. One person recommended I do that, but, after showing it another person, I got feedback it seemed somewhat aggressive, and I panicked and put it in Sci-Fi & Fantasy instead. I definitely should have listened to that first person (not least because I literally asked them to specifically recommend a category), but publishing things makes me really anxious, and the idea that I might be putting something that could be, maybe a little bit, construed by someone as dubious consent made me feel really guilty.
In terms of the writing itself, I think it's fine. I'm happy with the text. I don't think I totally stuck the ending, but I kind of ran into the point where it just felt done.
If anyone has any feedback, I'd love to hear it. Thanks.