Exciting Stories

[madelinemasoch]

Have you ever been really mind-blowingly excited for a story to drop? Like, you can feel it in your chest and in your bones. The excitement (or maybe it's the nerves, Madeline?) courses through your veins and transforms you into a livewire individual. You are no longer trapped in your cage. You are free as ever to express yourself and it's time to write more and more often everyday. You will never stop writing until the day you die. Have you ever felt like this? It's a beautiful thing. Worlds have opened up in your mind's eye and your heart and soul have spoken once again.

 

[ElectricBlue]

No. My writing is fun, but it's not transcendental. There's a lot more to life than waiting for a story to be published.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I was like that, a nervous ball of energy waiting for my story to get posted and hoping for a good response, for about my first twenty stories. But once I had the confidence of knowing that people like my work, I stopped. That's not to say I don't still enjoy a nice rating or comments, but I feel I've an understanding of what the readership wants in my categories and my stories are appreciated.

 

[OverconfidentSarcasm]

No, never had that. My writing started out as a kind-of therapy, then evolved into a fun hobby, and I do feel happy if people tell me they like what I put on paper. NGL, it feels good, but it's not something I'd chase.
I don't think there's that many people here repressing themselves in their daily lives that much, that they get all giddy and excited about finally expressing their true selves under an anonymous pseudonym on a porn site...

 

[Dearelliot]

No, it's a hobby, I suppose if I was getting paid for it, maybe then.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Have you ever been really mind-blowingly excited for a story to drop? Like, you can feel it in your chest and in your bones. The excitement (or maybe it's the nerves, Madeline?) courses through your veins and transforms you into a livewire individual. You are no longer trapped in your cage. You are free as ever to express yourself and it's time to write more and more often everyday. You will never stop writing until the day you die. Have you ever felt like this? It's a beautiful thing. Worlds have opened up in your mind's eye and your heart and soul have spoken once again.

No, but after I hit the submit button for my first story, I had an anxiety attack and threw up.

 

[kitmarlowe]

I was a little anxious about my first story going live purely because it was my first time writing erotica, but it was tempered by the fact that I know I'm a good writer. I've been writing fiction for over 30 years and writing is my full time job, so while I had some initial nerves coming here I also just trusted in my base ability to get the job done.

I do agree that whatever I'm writing, I'll never stop doing it until the day I say, though. This is the one thing I've stuck with my whole life and the one thing I've always known I'm good at and want to do. The times in my life when I've been at my lowest have also been the times when I wasn't writing for some reason. The second I start again, life gets better.

 

[Voboy]

I've written enough here that, honestly, I sometimes forget that I've submitted something. A week or so later I'll think, oh, wait, wasn't I going to post a story? So I've gone in there, only to find that I already submitted the story and it posted about ten days before.

That's happened more than once. It's a nice surprise.

 

[madelinemasoch]

I was a little anxious about my first story going live purely because it was my first time writing erotica, but it was tempered by the fact that I know I'm a good writer. I've been writing fiction for over 30 years and writing is my full time job, so while I had some initial nerves coming here I also just trusted in my base ability to get the job done.

I do agree that whatever I'm writing, I'll never stop doing it until the day I say, though. This is the one thing I've stuck with my whole life and the one thing I've always known I'm good at and want to do. The times in my life when I've been at my lowest have also been the times when I wasn't writing for some reason. The second I start again, life gets better.

Art and suffering are opposites. That’s kinda the contrast at the heart of my current work in progress.

 

[THBGato]

Yes, which is why I tried (and failed) to step away for a bit. But the plot bunnies kept breeding....

 

[madelinemasoch]

Yes, which is why I tried (and failed) to step away for a bit. But the plot bunnies kept breeding....

You tried to step away because you got too excited or because of the suffering?

 

[THBGato]

Both.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Have you ever been really mind-blowingly excited for a story to drop? Like, you can feel it in your chest and in your bones. The excitement (or maybe it's the nerves, Madeline?) courses through your veins and transforms you into a livewire individual. You are no longer trapped in your cage. You are free as ever to express yourself and it's time to write more and more often everyday. You will never stop writing until the day you die. Have you ever felt like this? It's a beautiful thing. Worlds have opened up in your mind's eye and your heart and soul have spoken once again.

You mean a thrill for it as it is close to being published? Because if that's what you mean, then I don't feel that at all. Once I press submit, and see that it is approved, I stop caring for it. That's it. It's the end. In other words, I murder my darlings, and have their corpses exposed in my curriculum. This is because writing, editing, and publishing are three different process, and I become three different individuals for each process.

The thrill, however, I get it when I write, especially if it is something that I'm putting a lot of energy upon. Sometimes, in the middle of the process, I start soul-searching out of nowhere, and other times, the project in itself is soul-searching. Again, as I mentioned somewhere, writing is what I do. It's like breathing for me. If I don't write for a day, I start having panic attacks.

 

[madelinemasoch]

You mean a thrill for it as it is close to being published? Because if that's what you mean, then I don't feel that at all. Once I press submit, and see that it is approved, I stop caring for it. That's it. It's the end. In other words, I murder my darlings, and have their corpses exposed in my curriculum. This is because writing, editing, and publishing are three different process, and I become three different individuals for each process.

The thrill, however, I get it when I write, especially if it is something that I'm putting a lot of energy upon. Sometimes, in the middle of the process, I start soul-searching out of nowhere, and other times, the project in itself is soul-searching. Again, as I mentioned somewhere, writing is what I do. It's like breathing for me. If I don't write for a day, I start having panic attacks.

I'm not necessarily talking about the two days of waiting for it to go live. That shouldn't even exist in my opinion. It should just be instant publishing. In other words, your account should be your own publication, instead of using the entire site as the same publication, but I digress.

I'm talking about before you even finish the story. LOL.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

I'm not necessarily talking about the two days of waiting for it to go live. That shouldn't even exist in my opinion. It should just be instant publishing. In other words, your account should be your own publication, instead of using the entire site as the same publication, but I digress.

I'm talking about before you even finish the story. LOL.

Then my answer still stands.

 

[Voboy]

I'm talking about before you even finish the story. LOL.

Oh! I misunderstood.

Yes, absolutely. I can relate.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

To all the folks saying that they are not excited to publish:

Yes, I'm sure that there are people who hit submit without any giddiness or jump or some bolt of energy, but not that many, so MOST of you are lying through your ass. Which ones, can't say, but statistically speaking there are way too many people in this thread that claim to be meh about publishing. Now I'm sure most of us are nowhere near jumping out of our skin like the OP, but of course there is a giddy swell inside us when we finally hit submit. I also know that this feeling fades a little each time that you post another and another piece so some of the veterans here might be rather numb to it, sure, but come on. You worked so hard to get it done and it's done, it's about to leave the nest. It's a big deal or it's a little deal, but it's a deal. Writing is an emotional journey (it better be or your piece probably sucks) and you've reached the end of that journey and the party is about to start. Stop pretending that you're a pretentious existential zombie over it. : P

 

[WittyUserName]

Have you ever been really mind-blowingly excited for a story to drop? Like, you can feel it in your chest and in your bones. The excitement (or maybe it's the nerves, Madeline?) courses through your veins and transforms you into a livewire individual. You are no longer trapped in your cage. You are free as ever to express yourself and it's time to write more and more often everyday. You will never stop writing until the day you die. Have you ever felt like this? It's a beautiful thing. Worlds have opened up in your mind's eye and your heart and soul have spoken once again.

Yeah, definitely. Excitement, nerves. Then positive responses inspire me to keep writing.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

To all the folks saying that they are not excited to publish:

Yes, I'm sure that there are people who hit submit without any giddiness or jump or some bolt of energy, but not that many, so MOST of you are lying through your ass. Which ones, can't say, but statistically speaking there are way too many people in this thread that claim to be meh about publishing. Now I'm sure most of us are nowhere near jumping out of our skin like the OP, but of course there is a giddy swell inside us when we finally hit submit. I also know that this feeling fades a little each time that you post another and another piece so some of the veterans here might be rather numb to it, sure, but come on. You worked so hard to get it done and it's done, it's about to leave the nest. It's a big deal or it's a little deal, but it's a deal. Writing is an emotional journey (it better be or your piece probably sucks) and you've reached the end of that journey and the party is about to start. Stop pretending that you're a pretentious existential zombie over it. : P

Maybe...

My case has a large backstory. Before I decided to take writing seriously, I was a musician. Hell, before I ended up as a librarian, I was a music teacher, and I've been studying and performing since I was a toddler. I went through orchestras, I travelled, performed for big audiences, met people, played different instruments, got mentored by all kinds of composers, directors, and other musicians... The thing is that, in my city, not my country, but my city specifically, the music community is one of the most competitive and toxic communities you could ever be part of, so much so that it became a focal point for several mental health issues, ranging from self-sabotage all the way to suicide attempts. It is no surprise, actually. When I was a teenager, I've seen one of my classmates get out of one of those piano test in tears. She was verbally crucified by one of the critics who heard her performance; much worse stuff than what you've seen in comments here, because I know exactly who was that person. Everybody feared them.

Suffice to say is that I got out there, broke some hearts, got my heart broken... Just rejection after rejection, failure after failure...

Hell, this isn't even my first rodeo in writing. Before getting into erotica, I used to get into writing contests quite a lot. Out of all of them, I only won one. The funny thing is that I got into writing because I met my mentor while I was both studying and working with music. He was my piano teacher, and I met him around the time he published his first book.

So yeah, that excitement is gone, or at least right here. I guess, for me at least, the issue is that the bar is set too low. I don't find that wrong in particular, I think it's liberating. It's one less thing to stress about. Besides, my process works in the same way as Warhol's factory: one piece is done, the next one comes in. No time to get excited about publishing when I'm more excited about writing the next story instead.

 

[Ynotnow69]

I have to admit, I love the nervous energy while writing, even while editing ( my least favorite part) and the anticipation of people reading. Will they like it. I want them to like it. to like my characters, to laugh at the jokes, to get aroused, to want to see what happens. So yes I definitely excited when ready to post and for the 2-7 days it takes to get posted. And while it might be less for my 6th story, it doesn't go way.

 

[madelinemasoch]

I have to admit, I love the nervous energy while writing, even while editing ( my least favorite part) and the anticipation of people reading. Will they like it. I want them to like it. to like my characters, to laugh at the jokes, to get aroused, to want to see what happens. So yes I definitely excited when ready to post and for the 2-7 days it takes to get posted. And while it might be less for my 6th story, it doesn't go way.

For me it’s more about getting the idea right than whatever the reception will be. If you think too much about the reception then the art comes out worse. The more you immerse yourself in the idea and channel its energies the better the art comes out.

 

[SimonDoom]

When I submitted my first story, over 8 years ago, I was more curious than anxious. I was excited, because it was the first piece of creative writing I'd published since my high school literary magazine.

I've long since grown accustomed to it. It still gives me a tingle of pleasure, and there's a hint of nervous anticipation every time.

 

[ElectricBlue]

To all the folks saying that they are not excited to publish:

The OP was going on about "really mind blowingly excited about waiting for a story to drop." That seems a little excessive. It's not the same as, "Gee, that was a bit of a buzz" when you see the response to a new story as it rolls out.

No-one here has said it's meh every time, but after ten years and a million and a half words, it's not the most fantastic life changing thing, either. For me, I'm usually glad to get it submitted, because I've most likely started the next piece, and that's where the excitement is.

 

[OverconfidentSarcasm]

The OP was going on about "really mind blowingly excited about waiting for a story to drop." That seems a little excessive. It's not the same as, "Gee, that was a bit of a buzz" when you see the response to a new story as it rolls out.

No-one here has said it's meh every time, but after ten years and a million and a half words, it's not the most fantastic life changing thing, either. For me, I'm usually glad to get it submitted, because I've most likely started the next piece, and that's where the excitement is.

I actually understood it as even more specific, because of OP's line, "You are no longer trapped in your cage. You are free as ever to express yourself". As far as I understood it, it's not just about fun and excitement while writing... it's about the fun and excitement over finally being able to express yourself through your writing in a way you can never do in your daily life.

 

[FidelityBoss]

Have you ever been really mind-blowingly excited for a story to drop? Like, you can feel it in your chest and in your bones. The excitement (or maybe it's the nerves, Madeline?) courses through your veins and transforms you into a livewire individual. You are no longer trapped in your cage. You are free as ever to express yourself and it's time to write more and more often everyday. You will never stop writing until the day you die. Have you ever felt like this? It's a beautiful thing. Worlds have opened up in your mind's eye and your heart and soul have spoken once again.

That kind of creative rush is unbeatable, when the words won’t stop coming, and every idea feels electric. It’s like tapping into something bigger than yourself, pure inspiration. That’s the magic of storytelling, and it’s a wild ride every time!