The joy of making shit up

[EmilyMiller]

I don’t exclusively write semi-autobiographical stories, but the majority of them have been in this category thus far. I guess it’s less problematic coming up with a story structure, even if - like I often do - you merge different real events and add in some fabricated bits in between. You at least know where the story is basically going and can focus on other things.

My last published story was entirely a work of fiction, from my POV at least (it was based on a scaffold of events, real or desired, described to me by another Lit member). So even there I had parameters.

I was whining and moaning about AH members selecting alien tentacle porn as my next genre to attempt, but I take it all back. The freedom of just making up whatever I like is kinda intoxicating. Whether a story written by someone who is drunk ends up being worth reading is another matter. But for now I’m having more fun than since I wrote my Futanari fantasy (also entirely fictional - well d’oh!)

I guess I should do this more often .

Em

 

[Rustyoznail]

Welcome to the wide world of your imagination, Em.

Autobiographical based accounts will only get you so far, then where do you go? Stop writing, rehash the old stuff, or make things up? Some people will get a lot of mileage out of their life experiences, while others will start to draw on their imagination from the start. Personally, very little of my real life sexual experiences have made it into a story. It's all rather dull. My imagination is a bit wilder.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I guess I should do this more often .

Em

Yes, you should. Writing only about yourself is a limitation, especially in the long run, once you've exhausted your life history. Sprinkle yourself through your stories, sure, but stretching your legs as a writer is sort of the point. Otherwise, it's a diary, which is fine, but might become repetitive.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Personally, very little of my real life sexual experiences have made it into a story. It's all rather dull. My imagination is a bit wilder.

Mine was a bit wild TBH .

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

[…] but stretching your legs as a writer is sort of the point.

I like stretching my legs .

Em

 

[ElectricBlue]

I like stretching my legs .

Em

I was talking longitudinally, Em, not horizontally .

 

[EmilyMiller]

I was talking longitudinally, Em, not horizontally .

Those words have too many syllables for me.

Em

 

[Rustyoznail]

Mine was a bit wild TBH .

Em

Yeah, I've read some of your stories and the summary.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Yeah, I've read some of your stories and the summary.

I’m a very boring, soon-to-be-married old lady now though .

Em

 

[Rustyoznail]

I’m a very boring, soon-to-be-married old lady now though .

Em

Anyone who's ever had someone's arm up their arse, and is looking to purchase a tentacle dildo purely for research purposes, will never be boring.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Anyone who's ever had someone's arm up their arse, and is looking to purchase a tentacle dildo purely for research purposes, will never be boring.

I was perhaps speaking relatively, and it’s not entirely for research purposes .

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

I was talking longitudinally, Em, not horizontally .

I feel like I'm back in, ah - school again. (Will Laurel whack us in forum posts too if I mention the grade? Or will the moderator?)

https://live.staticflickr.com/3366/3223148888_f6acb1751b_b.jpg

 

[EmilyMiller]

I feel like I'm back in, ah - school again.

I can still fit into my High School uniform, 8 years later (if my counting is right ).

Em

 

[ElectricBlue]

I feel like I'm back in, ah - school again. (Will Laurel whack us in forum posts too if I mention the grade? Or will the moderator?)

https://live.staticflickr.com/3366/3223148888_f6acb1751b_b.jpg

That's vertical and horizontal, perfectly illustrated!

 

[gunhilltrain]

I can still fit into my High School uniform, 8 years later (if my counting is right ).

Em

Well, I deliberately didn't specify what grade I was referring to. But since you did, the only high schools with uniforms I knew of were the Catholic ones. I guess some charter schools have them now too.

Oh, this June: fifty years since I graduated from high school. That went by pretty fast. What the world looked like the following year (click on it for the full view):

Yeah, Lana Del Rey sang about the same place years later.

https://www.facebook.com/AlPontesTimeMachineNewYork/photos/a.561883080612399/1894122147388479

 

[EmilyMiller]

Well, I deliberately didn't specify what grade I was referring to. But since you did, the only high schools with uniforms I knew of were the Catholic ones. I guess some charter schools have them now too.

Catholic.

Em

 

[Smarthomanid2]

I don’t exclusively write semi-autobiographical stories, but the majority of them have been in this category thus far. I guess it’s less problematic coming up with a story structure, even if - like I often do - you merge different real events and add in some fabricated bits in between. You at least know where the story is basically going and can focus on other things.

My last published story was entirely a work of fiction, from my POV at least (it was based on a scaffold of events, real or desired, described to me by another Lit member). So even there I had parameters.

I was whining and moaning about AH members selecting alien tentacle porn as my next genre to attempt, but I take it all back. The freedom of just making up whatever I like is kinda intoxicating. Whether a story written by someone who is drunk ends up being worth reading is another matter. But for now I’m having more fun than since I wrote my Futanari fantasy (also entirely fictional - well d’oh!)

I guess I should do this more often .

Em

You are sooo much fun.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Catholic.

Em

I never went to a Catholic school, although I went for "religious instructions" on Tuesdays, I think it was. Utterly failed to convince me after a certain age. I guess I'm going to Purgatory at the very least.

 

[Smarthomanid2]

I can still fit into my High School uniform, 8 years later (if my counting is right ).

Em

Well that's not helping me with keeping to any of the 15, ooops I mean 10 commandments.

 

[gunhilltrain]

That's vertical and horizontal, perfectly illustrated!

You are actually referring to the building? I thought we were talking, you know, about the original poster of this thread.

 

[SimonDoom]

All my stories are made-up shit.

Except the tentacle porn story, of course. That one's real.

 

[EmilyMiller]

You are actually referring to the building? I thought we were talking, you know, about the original poster of this thread.

In what way am I vertical and horizontal?

OK, maybe don’t answer that question.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

Well that's not helping me with keeping to any of the 15, ooops I mean 10 commandments.

There is that old joke that there were originally fifteen, but Moses dropped and broke the third tablet. Wasn't that in some movie by Mel Brooks or Monty Python?

 

[gunhilltrain]

In what way am I vertical and horizontal?

OK, maybe don’t answer that question.

Em

I meant no disrespect by that; I apologize. On second thought, I blame electricblue66; he started it (post #6). And your chiding of him was quite mild (post #7).

 

[Smarthomanid2]

There is that old joke that there were originally fifteen, but Moses dropped and broke the third tablet. Wasn't that in some movie by Mel Brooks or Monty Python?

History of the world (Mel Brooks)