Writing Goal for the Day?

[geronimo_appleby]

to get the money i'm owed for the last two bundles ... fuckers are two days late with the dosh.

 

[lance gt]

Finally worked out the scene the way I like. Now to tidy everything up and re-read it. That was the first time I tried writing about a character coming out and it was truly a challenge.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I had a Nude Day contest entry pop into my head already this morning! Yay for me!!

 

[PennLady]

I had a Nude Day contest entry pop into my head already this morning! Yay for me!!

Yay! Nothing like being having an early idea.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Yay! Nothing like being having an early idea.

Thanks! It's even a romance! How wonderful is that! lol My last two stories that have flowed from the muse have been fast paced, raw, smutty sex. lol

 

[lance gt]

Submitted Ch 12 of ALMI, this one being the chapter where Gillian comes out and admits to her son, she's a lesbian. I hope it plays out to the readers, the same way it does for me, as many wanted to know what happens when she did.

Started Ch 13, a short follow up to the last one and back into some serious sexcapades.

Happy writing everyone.

 

[PennLady]

I keep trying to write and things keep getting in the way. Like hockey playoffs, my son's baseball games, and my dentist visits. I kind of shot my writing time yesterday by rescheduling a dental appt, but that turned out to be good -- instead of the cavity I thought I had, it turned out I had an infection that was bad enough the dentist was concerned about saving the tooth (tooth is saved). Great. Now all I need is a new bridge... sigh...

Next week, though, PennGirl has her regularly-scheduled pre-school, so here's hoping... Just so hard to get into the routine of writing when you're so often taken out of it.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

I keep trying to write and things keep getting in the way. ... Just so hard to get into the routine of writing when you're so often taken out of it.

Yeah, I remember when I used to have time to write. Ah, those were the days...

 

[sr71plt]

Got the last of the mainstream book edits that consumed my April out yesterday (and now awaiting them coming back from the author review so I can do the cleanup) and I'll get the final review on habu's Luther back to the publisher today. It should post next weekend.

 

[litfan10]

Finally, finally finished a contest entry that's been hanging over me. Next up, a submission for an online magazine - and with the theme I'm revisiting an old story start from thirty years ago. Fun to revisit the past, especially when it fits the required theme so perfectly!
Good luck to everybody else!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I keep trying to write and things keep getting in the way. Like hockey playoffs, my son's baseball games, and my dentist visits. I kind of shot my writing time yesterday by rescheduling a dental appt, but that turned out to be good -- instead of the cavity I thought I had, it turned out I had an infection that was bad enough the dentist was concerned about saving the tooth (tooth is saved). Great. Now all I need is a new bridge... sigh...

Next week, though, PennGirl has her regularly-scheduled pre-school, so here's hoping... Just so hard to get into the routine of writing when you're so often taken out of it.

Naaah. Excuses. I mean, youre HERE instead of writing.

 

[lance gt]

Happily turning a straight woman into a lesbian, in this chapter. By the time the chapter ends, she'll be going back home and looking for another woman to play with.

Happy writing all.

 

[pizzaboyatdoor]

If I'm going to remain being serious about this addiction, then I need to utilize this thread each morning.

Today, 'The Goals' that shall be accomplished, shalt be:

#1....Get the new QYnG ('Quikie Yank~n~Go') story, completed & submitted

#2....Get most of the rest of c39 of the flagship strokomance, done also

If ^after that^ and the brain cells are still bumping and I'm still in the finger poking mood:

#3....Get some more verbage added to the rough draft of c4 of the new mini series that is another strokomance

#4....Ditto to #3 except that this one is about getting SOME written for the first chapter of the strokodrama plot bunny I have caged & am feeding

#5....Kinda sorta like #1 & #4 combined; begin feeding another one of the QYnG baby plot bunnies enough, that it can be weaned & released to the wild sometime soon.

And of course....the ever-present & always a daily goal of: A self-review of the sanity level and discussion with self (yet again); about whether 'PRO-fessional help', may indeed be the smartest way to invest self's time....instead of writing gay smut.

Oooohhh....deja~fukin~vu moment! This is post # 69 <===8

 

[lance gt]

I was looking at the chapters in my latest story and noticed the difference in views from one to the other. Some later chapters, have more views than some of the earlier ones and I wondered why. I noticed it had a lot to do with the tag lines of the chapter and what was happening in it.

I know a lot of writers struggle to come up with a good title for the story, but how do many of you look at tag lines for your story/chapter? How do you promote it to get more readers? Key words/phrases? An action?

What's your secret to tag lines?

 

[RjThoughts]

After having spent the majority of the weekend on pain pills, Motrin, and muscle relaxers, Monday brings my imagination to a place where I have the need to get SOMETHING written!!!

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I was able to get three SRPs answered and will most likely work on something for Lit. later this evening. Right now the baby I am sitting for is sleeping and I'm just puttering around.

 

[sr71plt]

Finishing touches on the blurb and cover design for habu's Luther, launching this weekend. Then pulling together habu's Grab Bag 2 anthology for launching in three weeks. And starting research for a Dirk Hessian GM historical, Constantinople, set in the White Russian exodus from the Crimea to Constantinople in 1918 in the wake of the Russian Revolution.

And maybe trimming a 3,400-word story to 3,000 words for a mainstream contest and starting to write my Nude Day contest story for Lit.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I was looking at the chapters in my latest story and noticed the difference in views from one to the other. Some later chapters, have more views than some of the earlier ones and I wondered why. I noticed it had a lot to do with the tag lines of the chapter and what was happening in it.

I know a lot of writers struggle to come up with a good title for the story, but how do many of you look at tag lines for your story/chapter? How do you promote it to get more readers? Key words/phrases? An action?

What's your secret to tag lines?

I had a similar experience. When I first posted stories on Lit., I paid little attention to the tag line. It was something I hashed together at the last minute, along with the story tags. But after a multi-chapter story garnered surprisingly few views, I looked more closely and saw that the two best performing chapters had the most interesting tag lines. Since then, I have put much more effort into composing the tag line.

I try to make a provocative statement that says something about the story without giving away the plot and especially the ending. Sometimes I get it spot on, sometimes I miss by a wide margin. Take the last two, for example:

1. A hustler gets hustled, but who pays the debt?

2. Bride-to-be loses control at bachelorette party.

Guess which one garnered over twice as many views?

Both summarize the respective stories without revealing plot details, but one worked much better than the other.

 

[PennLady]

Still in my usual writing fix, somewhat complicated by Mr Penn's back going out yesterday. OTOH, PennGirl had her checkup to day and is quite healthy, they tell me.

As for tag lines -- I hate them only slightly less than I hate titles. I don't like to give everything away, but sometimes I'm tempted. I've also been tempted to use the same tag line on chapters in a serial story, although I never have.

It's funny, given sofflabbwlvr's example, b/c I would likely not read anything with the second tagline, but would be more intrigued by the first. Gosh, I'm always off the beaten track on that stuff.

 

[lovecraft68]

Still in my usual writing fix, somewhat complicated by Mr Penn's back going out yesterday. OTOH, PennGirl had her checkup to day and is quite healthy, they tell me.

As for tag lines -- I hate them only slightly less than I hate titles. I don't like to give everything away, but sometimes I'm tempted. I've also been tempted to use the same tag line on chapters in a serial story, although I never have.

It's funny, given sofflabbwlvr's example, b/c I would likely not read anything with the second tagline, but would be more intrigued by the first. Gosh, I'm always off the beaten track on that stuff.

Well I guess we're wandering down the same track, as the first one would draw me as well. I think though from previous posts we have similar views on "wandering wife" types of stories.

But I definitely see where the second would garner the bigger audience here.

Sadly the most contrived formulated tag line I have used was this one for "Mother of my Dreams"

"Joel's Mom makes his wet dreams Cum True"

That story has the highest vote total by a good 400 over the runner up and is on close to a hundred fav pages.

Sometimes you have to give them what they want.

 

[lance gt]

I went looking at tag lines of popular stories and found the ones that were doing better, were ones that had a sexual reference that was intriguing.

I'm going to start using tags similar in construct and see what happens to my views/scores. I noticed something similar happening in my own, when I tagged certain things in the chapter, that were going on.

It's hard enough trying to write a story that's captivating to a reader, without the title and tag lines lessening the chances of it doing better.

Happy writing everyone.

 

[PennLady]

Okay here I am, PennGirl in pre-school, PennBoy in class and a messy kitchen that I am ignoring... let's see if any writing can get done.

 

[pizzaboyatdoor]

Choosing tag lines always makes me crazy....mainly because I forget they are there to do, until I am ready to submit and right now....and then just grab whatever leaks out of the brain real quick!

It would be interesting to see some kind of research & results of what ones (in each genre at least) makes the SEO get hard as a rock though.

As far as TODAY'S goals....<blushing and looking down while i scuff my feet together>.....well, every one of YESTERDAY'S goals that didn't get done would be a good start.

 

[PennLady]

Woo hoo! got a little over 1000 words written on R&B 9. Have to get PennGirl soon, and later pick up PennBoy for a dentist appt. So probably nothing else until tonight. After hockey. Playoff hockey is a major time... commitment.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I need to buy a microphone. Period. I have all my audio poetry to do and I could very well do it, if I had a decent mic. The little laptop one isn't horrid, but I know a better quality mic would be better for my submissions.

Writing has been lazy lately. My muse I think too a vacation, though I do have a couple in the queue for round one of editing by other eyes.

Edit: Well, heck low and behold the third laptop in the house has an excellent sound recorder. Yay me and saving $$. lol