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[Britva415]

Right now, Lit seems to be trying to recover from a crisis that was particularly visible to authors, although less so to the general users.

Eh? What crisis? And what does the recovery effort look like?

 

[Actingup]

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I'm going to pull out the Monty Python argument sketch if this keeps going!

Similar to @NuclearFairy's anecodote - my choices and entries have definitely been influenced by support threads, and the threads are appreciated, for all their twists and turns.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Eh? What crisis? And what does the recovery effort look like?

People who were used to getting stories published in three days suddenly didn't. Crisis is a VERY relative term.

 

[Britva415]

People who were used to getting stories published in three days suddenly didn't

There's a recovery effort?

 

[Actingup]

People who were used to getting stories published in three days suddenly didn't. Crisis is a VERY relative term.

Whether you noticed depended on how you were affected. There are stories entered for the Crime and Punishment event last month that are still lost in the queue (including one of mine). It doesn't threaten world peace, but it affects how people approach time-limited events and the level of trust authors have in the process, and ultimately the income that the site receives through stories.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

There's a recovery effort?

Not as far as anyone can actually tell. The site is as opaque as it always is.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Whether you noticed depended on how you were affected. There are stories entered for the Crime and Punishment event last month that are still lost in the queue (including one of mine). It doesn't threaten world peace, but it affects how people approach time-limited events and the level of trust authors have in the process, and ultimately the income that the site receives through stories.

So a small group of people. Not exactly a crisis. And since the "support threads" are the usual suspects every time, there isn't much evidence that they are helping win back trust. Especially since the issue is ongoing, and no one who has anything to do with the support thread has any control over it, or inside knowledge or anything else.
If people want to sit in a drum circle and sing Kumbaya great. But let's not pretend it's really changing anything.

 

[SimonDoom]

So a small group of people. Not exactly a crisis. And since the "support threads" are the usual suspects every time, there isn't much evidence that they are helping win back trust. Especially since the issue is ongoing, and no one who has anything to do with the support thread has any control over it, or inside knowledge or anything else.
If people want to sit in a drum circle and sing Kumbaya great. But let's not pretend it's really changing anything.

Can we sing "Puff the magic dragon" instead?

 

[TheRedChamber]

Can we sing "Puff the magic dragon" instead?

Doubtful, a quick scan of the lyrics reveals underage frolicking.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Can we sing "Puff the magic dragon" instead?

Only if you promise not to mess up the rotation.

Puff, puff, give man!

 

[Actingup]

Doubtful, a quick scan of the lyrics reveals underage frolicking.

There's a history there. Difficult as it may seem to believe, people sometimes read more into lyrics than are actually there, particularly for famous artists. Peter, Paul and Mary were accused of promoting marijuana use through 'Puff', and the dirt stuck despite their protests. I saw an interview where Peter Yarrow described how he wrote the song when he was at a university where they'd never heard of drugs and the worst thing that the students got up to were 'panty raids' (!)

RIP Peter Yarrow and Mary Travers - Noel Paul Stookey is the only one still alive.

 

[StillStunned]

 

[NaughteeDragon]

Gemini is a much better writer than ChatGPT.
As an experiment I ran the the ran same 3 story ideas through both programs. Gemini's stories were more nuanced, and corrective guidance was applied much more smoothly. Fortunately, neither of them write erotica since it is a "violation of community guidelines."

 

[TheLobster]

There's a recovery effort?

The UN is paradropping fresh plot bunnies as we speak.

 

[kreemi_pi]

My writer's block is permanent.

 

[Actingup]

The UN is paradropping fresh plot bunnies as we speak.

Well, they would have been, if the US hadn't pulled funding on account of sex being all woke and stuff.
(it's okay - Russia never contributed, Saudi Arabia & Iran have been running interference on the UN Plot Bunny Agency for years, and the Japanese have only approved plot bunnies if they're dressed in kinky costumes. China are now seeking to take control of the agency, and the new model plot bunnies are controlled through Beijing)

 

[TheLobster]

Well, they would have been, if the US hadn't pulled funding on account of sex being all woke and stuff.

They did, but thankfully EU countries stepped up to compensate and are now allocating a good chunk of their GDP to finance the plot bunny breeding farms.

 

[Musinginspace]

I'm a morning person, and I rock.

Me too as I sit checking out posts here at 3:15 in the morning

 

[DryRottingHusk]

Is it considered controversial to talk about my fiancée being with other men?

 

[Cultivateddesires]

Jam first. Then cream.

 

[onehitwanda]

Never change, AH.

 

[UnexpectedLuggage]

If you're not going to put effort into details of sex, why write a story all about two people fucking?

I know this is probably just me, but when a story is really good and then the sex is like half a paragraph of no detail it's like literary blue balls.

 

[Robin_Starveling]

The less a writer knows themselves, the less attuned to the subconscious currents that shape their will, the more readily they craft characters the multitude can relate to and adore.

 

[TheLobster]

Jam first. Then cream.

Very much depends on where you jam it. Some places absolutely do require that you cream it first.

 

[SimonDoom]

First time is best.

This is a general guideline that informs a lot of my erotic writing. Obviously not a universal principle, or a rule to feel bound to stick to, and of course there are many exceptions.

But the general idea is that the exploration of a kink is kinkiest when the character comes to it for the first time, whether it be having incestuous sex, being naked in public, having anal sex, whatever. The act of crossing the line into the forbidden is part of what gives an erotic story a special sexy zest.

This is one of the reasons I prefer to write new standalone stories to writing stories about the same characters over and over again.