Texting in a fictional story.

[tomlitilia]

I usually use italics. See e.g. https://www.literotica.com/s/what-she-deserves-3, where parts are mainly told through texting conversations.

 

[msgrant67]

Check out other similar styled stories

I’ve seen a few stories that are completely written as texts. You can probably use the “search stories” pages. I wrote one story in an all text format. It probably wasn’t one of my better stories but that probably wasn’t due to formatting. Anyway, good luck!


https://www.literotica.com/s/lauren-pulls-off-the-switch

 

[Kantarii]

Okay, so my newest chapter posted, the reason I started this thread.

https://www.literotica.com/s/best-friends-forever-pt-09

It doesn’t appear to be all that well received on Lit compared to my other works, but it was received much better than I expected, considering the dialogue was drawn from texts from an old iPhone.

The chapter reads like a conversation instead of texting. I assumed readers wouldn’t want to read a story drawn from a text conversation written in shorthand with terms like: c-yah, I Luv U, L8r, b4, or anything of the like.

Given the rating, it was a safe bet, but the chapter lost the overall feel of texting. Anyway, it was an experimental chapter and I’m happy. In no way do I plan to edit the chapter. It serves its purpose moving the story along, develops character, and it showcases something most people don’t understand - how guys approach me as a person for whatever reasons or think of me as a sex object.

For those curios how the chapter actually turned out. I welcome you to read itKant

 

[Kantarii]

I usually use italics. See e.g. https://www.literotica.com/s/what-she-deserves-3, where parts are mainly told through texting conversations.

I tried using italics when I wrote the chapter on my iPhone. It didn’t transfer over in the copy/paste transfer when I posted the story to Lit. It’s okay, though. I’m not going to bother updating the chapter because it’s mostly a text conversation. (Too much work)
Kant

 

[NotWise]

I tried using italics when I wrote the chapter on my iPhone. It didn’t transfer over in the copy/paste transfer when I posted the story to Lit. It’s okay, though. I’m not going to bother updating the chapter because it’s mostly a text conversation. (Too much work)
Kant

I had no problem at all understanding your story. Added formatting would have done nothing to increase my understanding.

 

[Kantarii]

I had no problem at all understanding your story. Added formatting would have done nothing to increase my understanding.

I appreciate thatThe difference between a good story and a great story is a little extra effort. I had to weigh that against how much I was willing to invest in a chapter that was meant to move the story along and develop characters without a sex scene. Honestly, I think I did a good job weaving in the dirty talk and showcasing my thoughts.

Still, it was an experiment and fun to write, but in the future I’ll steer clear of devoting a whole chapter to texting/sexting.

Thanks againKant

 

[MindsMirror]

If you dig deep into the AH, you might find me making a thread about 18 months ago asking for help in doing exactly this. Most thought it wouldn't work and was a waste of time. MindsMirror was, I think, the only contributor who thought it would work.

Glad to see it was used and worked for your story.
-MM

 

[Maeven_quinn]

https://www.literotica.com/s/orchid-ch-01-1?page=3

Formatting it is one way to go, but I can say from experience that it is not easy to get right, and frustrating when it fails for reasons beyond your control. I think I used this method in three different places within Orchid, and two of them have minor left-right alignment issues, or spacing issues, or something. It doesn't take much to make a formatting system stop reading like it should.

I think the way I did it in Orchid is fucking awesome, but it took a lot of work.

That actually did work quite well. I'm just use "texted" instead of "said" most of the time when I'm doing texting in stories.