I/T with IR

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Which should take priority?

Story starts I/T, but turns hard IR. Maybe under 7,000 words

The IR could be broken off to chapter two, but that would only be under 2,000 words.

 

[TheLobster]

Which should take priority?

Story starts I/T, but turns hard IR. Maybe under 7,000 words

The IR could be broken off to chapter two, but that would only be under 2,000 words.

I/T readers won’t care for IR if incest is not the focus of the IR coupling.

I don’t know about IR audience but let’s say they are no more or less predisposed against incest than average.

If so, then I’d try to put it in IR with a foreword of warning about incest bits, and possibly a note to admin that insists it should not be in I/T.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I/T the primary focus

The whole IR segment is still I/T

 

[TheLobster]

I/T the primary focus

The whole IR segment is still I/T

Okay, that likely seals the deal then: I/T is the “obvious” choice. How it performs there is another matter; the readers generally prefer emphasizing the incest part, obviously, so the IR spice might work to the story’s disadvantage if it’s too spicy in that regard.

Still, if it’s incest all the way then there is no use trying to shoehorn it into IR category.

 

[NotWise]

I/T the primary focus

The whole IR segment is still I/T

As Tx Tall Tales broke it down, I/T is the trump category. IR is not. There aren't many exceptions to the guidance that anything with incest in it needs to go to I/T.

 

[NotWise]

I am curious, though, how things can be both interracial and incestuous.

 

[TheLobster]

I am curious, though, how things can be both interracial and incestuous.

My guess would be mixed race siblings separated at birth and brought up within the respective cultures that impressed upon them whatever is stereotypically associated with their races.

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

You won’t get punished for some I/T in an IR story - at least, none of my chapters have, and it’s a major narrative arc through all three of my series, even though nobody has gotten the payoff they really want yet.

I know I/T is supposed to be a trump category, but it really depends on what the focus of the story is. If it’s primarily IR, then I’d say go there. Now, you won’t get the eyes on it that you would in I/T so keep that in mind.

 

[Djmac1031]

Story starts I/T, but turns hard IR. Maybe under 7,000 words

My understanding is I/T always takes priority.

Are the I/T and I/R couple the same two people? Or two different couples?