Ru A Knee-pad Writer?

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Do you fall upon your knees to keep your readers happy?

Do you risk pissing them off adding controversial scenes you know they wont like?

 

[Swilly]

I don't really write with an audience in mind, beyond myself. I generally like happy endings, but have fucked that up a few times. My perspective is that we all have enough shit thrown at us in life. Why wade through it as part of our entertainment too?

Of course, I don't rule out going dark. I haven't been writing long enough to get bored with what I'm doing.

 

[patientlee]

I try to do everything on my knees.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

99% of what I write really happened. And it would be awful if LIT allowed underage situations I know of. I'm speaking of teacher-student stuff, and moms & sis's boyfriends. Its epidemic. Yet much of what is allowed is too over the top for 90% of my fans, and the over the top fare complies with LIT standards.

 

[allamagione]

I think some readers make a sport of being unhappy.

But there's one person I know I can make happy every single time.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I try to do everything on my knees.

Note to self--add knee pads for patientlee to Christmas list.

 

[RoyceConnors]

I like to take the story where it needs to go no matter what the subject matter is. If it is tangible to the story, I see no reason not to put it in, despite what some readers may think. I write the story for the sake of the story, not to garner a readers approval. If a part isn't taken well by some, it's taken well by others and that's all that counts.

 

[SecondCircle]

I just uh... I just write them.

 

[AMoveableBeast]

I try to do everything on my knees.

I imagine all of the light bulbs are burned out in your home, but that your husband is smiling in the dark.

 

[patientlee]

I don't know how that frowny face got there. I was smiling when I wrote that.

I imagine all of the light bulbs are burned out in your home, but that your husband is smiling in the dark.

I'm five feet tall. I have never changed a lightbulb in my life.

 

[TxRad]

I'm five feet tall. I have never changed a lightbulb in my life.

Sue the city. They built the sidewalks to close to your butt.

 

[patientlee]

Sue the city. They built the sidewalks to close to your butt.

You got that right!

 

[Swilly]

I don't know how that frowny face got there. I was smiling when I wrote that.



I'm five feet tall. I have never changed a lightbulb in my life.

Where the hell is the rest of you?

I think you're milking the light bulb thing. You can change a bulb in a table lamp at five feet!

 

[AMoveableBeast]

I don't know how that frowny face got there. I was smiling when I wrote that.



I'm five feet tall. I have never changed a lightbulb in my life.

You're a woman; you're allowed to change that expression on a dime. If a woman smiles at me for too long of a time frame, I begin to suspect that she is thinking about murder or chocolate. Just to be safe, I always carry chocolate.

 

[patientlee]

Where the hell is the rest of you?

I think you're milking the light bulb thing. You can change a bulb in a table lamp at five feet!

We usta have table lamps. And then we got cats.

 

[patientlee]

You're a woman; you're allowed to change that expression on a dime. If a woman smiles at me for too long of a time frame, I begin to suspect that she is thinking about murder or chocolate. Just to be safe, I always carry chocolate.

I bet you're really popular!

 

[pacifist91w]

Yeah, I risk angering some (and maybe even most sometimes!) readers by writing stuff I know is controversial from time-to-time. That said, I'm never out to anger anyone on purpose.

Case in point: I knew my Earth Day story was anti-fossil-fuel-company that it would anger some readers. That knowledge didn't bother me much! (And the mature story I'm working on has a couple of scenes I know some readers will hate!)