New Milestones Thread

[StillStunned]

There's the easy way... IT and LW, and there's the hard way, building a reputation across a dozen other categories as someone who can deliver a story.

Yoda was on the money... easier, more seductive, but forever will it dominate. Better, I think, to build a following in other categories, hone your skills.

Why will it dominate? I write what I want, when I want. If I have an idea for I/T, I'll write it and enjoy the views. If my next idea is SF&F, I'll write that and settle for 1k views.

It's not like my readers are breathing down my neck and demanding more I/T. It's not like they bomb anything that doesn't satisfy their kink. I have 6 I/T stories, and 24 in other categories. They're all doing quite alright. A little of the massive readership carries over to other stories. Readers who like my style of writing. And that's nice.

But I still just write whatever I feel like writing, and settle for whatever readership the story gets.

 

[oneagainst]

Why will it dominate? I write what I want, when I want. If I have an idea for I/T, I'll write it and enjoy the views. If my next idea is SF&F, I'll write that and settle for 1k views.

Just speaking from my own data, but posting in IT or LW gets a bunch of new follows, and then posting a femdom tale in non-con or BDSM not only gets a drop in followers but a set of one bombs that evidence suggests would not otherwise have been there.

One conclusion from this is that in IT and LW I'm picking up followers who are very specific about what they like and what turns them off. So, either give them more of what they want or have to deal with dissatisfied readers. Eventually, it can back you into a corner.

 

[StillStunned]

Just speaking from my own data, but posting in IT or LW gets a bunch of new follows, and then posting a femdom tale in non-con or BDSM not only gets a drop in followers but a set of one bombs that evidence suggests would not otherwise have been there.

One conclusion from this is that in IT and LW I'm picking up followers who are very specific about what they like and what turns them off. So, either give them more of what they want or have to deal with dissatisfied readers. Eventually, it can back you into a corner.

My subject matter is mostly more vanilla than not, so I don't really have that problem.

Except I lost two followers the other day when I posted my WIWAW about "Ben's Big Mistake". Two readers who were apparently disgusted by Ben or by Gan, I suppose.

 

[EmilyMiller]

There's the easy way... IT and LW, and there's the hard way, building a reputation across a dozen other categories as someone who can deliver a story.

Yoda was on the money... easier, more seductive, but forever will it dominate. Better, I think, to build a following in other categories, hone your skills.

Hmm, talking like Yoda I am.

Agreeing totally, I am.

Emily

 

[EmilyMiller]

Just speaking from my own data, but posting in IT or LW gets a bunch of new follows, and then posting a femdom tale in non-con or BDSM not only gets a drop in followers but a set of one bombs that evidence suggests would not otherwise have been there.

One conclusion from this is that in IT and LW I'm picking up followers who are very specific about what they like and what turns them off. So, either give them more of what they want or have to deal with dissatisfied readers. Eventually, it can back you into a corner.

This

 

[Seadog777]

I don't know where the above started, so I'll just leave this here.

Write what you want, and put it where you want.
Write for yourself. Nobody else.

No matter what, you're going to have jackwangs that 1-bomb you, leave bad comments, hell I've had death threats.

Do not worry about boxing yourself into a corner or having to FTDS or anything else.

 

[EmilyMiller]

*world’s smallest fanfare*

I’ve passed 300 followers on Xitter.

Go me!

Emily

And now - most likely due to blocking the guy from this thread - back to 299.



Emily

 

[lovecraft68]

My subject matter is mostly more vanilla than not, so I don't really have that problem.

Except I lost two followers the other day when I posted my WIWAW about "Ben's Big Mistake". Two readers who were apparently disgusted by Ben or by Gan, I suppose.

The fact people know when they lose a follower speaks volumes about what's important to this forum. Goes hand in hand with the conversation over category choice, not everyone is looking to max stats, some people are just happy with what they wrote and the attention they did get.

 

[djrip]

There's the easy way... IT and LW, and there's the hard way, building a reputation across a dozen other categories as someone who can deliver a story.

Yoda was on the money... easier, more seductive, but forever will it dominate. Better, I think, to build a following in other categories, hone your skills.

Hmm, talking like Yoda I am.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I hit 170 followers the other day. Not a biggie likes some of you folks, but it pleased me.

 

[lovecraft68]

Bit late, but last Friday the 22nd marked my 13th anniversary of my first E-book on Smaswords. I also hit 22k followers here on that date.

 

[oneagainst]

This

But I'm not changing it. I'm going to write about Victorian femdom and tentacle monsters and hard-core gamers and vampires, see if I don't...! The worst kind of boxes are the ones we put ourselves in, hey.

 

[djrip]

The worst kind of boxes are the ones we put ourselves in, hey.

Um.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

The worst kind of boxes are the ones we put ourselves in, hey.

It does seem more fun to be put into a box by someone else. Someone should write a story about that...

 

[THBGato]

It does seem more fun to be put into a box by someone else. Someone should write a story about that...

https://www.literotica.com/s/christmas-present-14 (Not one of mine, but a very good one by a new writer.)

 

[joy_of_cooking]

https://www.literotica.com/s/christmas-present-14 (Not one of mine, but a very good one by a new writer.)

Yeah, @genzsub is good. She has a cool scene where someone gets tied up using toilet paper. Definitely going to steal that one.

 

[genzsub]

https://www.literotica.com/s/christmas-present-14 (Not one of mine, but a very good one by a new writer.)

Yeah, @genzsub is good. She has a cool scene where someone gets tied up using toilet paper. Definitely going to steal that one.

Awwww, thank you both so very much!!

 

[EmilyMiller]

But I'm not changing it. I'm going to write about:

Victorian femdom

and tentacle monsters

and hard-core gamers

and vampires,

The worst kind of boxes are the ones we put ourselves in, hey

This box wasn’t so bad: A Holiday Wish

Emily

 

[oneagainst]

It does seem more fun to be put into a box by someone else. Someone should write a story about that...

Amie's Present

 

[joy_of_cooking]

Amie's Present

I know!

 

[STrent]

Whisper it - I currently have an “H” on one of my stories, Horsing Around.

Please god let that stay there a while longer please!

 

[Trionyx]

I think it’s more interesting to try to build a following without being constrained by reader expectations.

Agreed.

 

[lovecraft68]

My story, That's What Friends Are For, received its 1150th comment a couple days ago.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Only a milestone if you have the sense of humor of a fifteen year old boy, but my 69th story published today.

--Ride it Like You Stole it, a story of love and support between siblings, and a lot of other people...

 

[MajorRewrite]

This month is 10th anniversary of my first story on Lit!

Spring Break Wife became quite a hit. It’s the #5 most viewed story posted on Lit in the last 10 years.

3.72 million views. 27.5 thousand votes. 423 comments. 5.5 thousand favorites.