Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!

[frontlinecaster]

If there has ever needed to be proof that no one is actually bothering to read the submissions going up, at least not in Loving Wives, this is it.


http://www.literotica.com/s/no-excuse-ch-01

There is no way anyone took even a cursory glance at that and thought it was acceptable. You can't even make it down the first few paragraphs without seeing it needs to be completely rewritten.


Yet, when I wrote stories in Loving Wives in the past, I had them held up for days and weeks at a time because someone decided that I wasn't ending sentences that were contained in quotation marks correctly. But one of the BTB crowd puts up a story where they switch back and forth between using quotation marks incorrectly and simply not using them at all, at least once switching between them within a single sentence, and that goes up without anyone even sending it back with a note.


Either the standards on this site are dropping wildly, or they simply aren't being applied anywhere near fairly. I'm honestly not sure which would be worse.

 

[PennLady]

Just because a story gets approved doesn't mean there's a guarantee of quality of any kind.

I read this and I think it's pretty bad, but I wouldn't get mad about it. Plenty of other good stuff out there. Things slip through the cracks; Laurel is the only one vetting stories, and she gets tons of them every day.

 

[lovecraft68]

As always the issue here is consistency on the sites part.

People come to the editors forum on a regular basis looking for help because they were rejected for grammar/spelling dialogue tags...

But at the same time there are stories like these and worse all over this site. Many of them.

Same for the "rape rule" some stories are rejected yet the site is full of stories that depict "true rape"

Under age? That is lits most solid rule yet stories are rejected when there is none, or its very borderline, yet....again the site is full of blatant underage.

The screening process is a joke and its an issue.

The site should either invest in another pair of eyes or simply let everything fly through because why bother?

As it is right now the readers/authors police the site by reporting stories better than the site does on initial screening and something tells me they are at a point where they count on that.

But in the meantime we get this....my story was rejected, but those other 50 are just like it...

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I kinda like it. Its like, THE TRAILER TRASH JOIN THE NAVY AND WRITE A PENTHOUSE LETTER. I wonder if the spelling, punctuation, grammar are intentional.

 

[Combat323]

Couple things:

First, there are worse stories out there. I've been contacted for editing by writers whose stories were rejected, and there were good reasons for it. I'll say it again: I shudder to think what Laurel must have to slog through for approval or disapproval on this site.

Second, if the author of the story is satisfied with his work, that's really his business. He didn't ask for feedback, so I choose not to read the story and provide any. There's a lot of space between acceptable and good on a site like this, and you may notice that 16 people actually favorited the story so they could come back to it. To each his own, I suppose; and for all I know, my own writing is just as bad and I'm too blind to see it.

 

[Katiecat]

Perhaps English is the author's second language? I attempted to read it, but got stuck on, "That being back to the dumb ass standing in the door, his being a dumbass caused me think that maybe he had set an airplane was on fire."

My brain can't seem to process those words in that particular order.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Perhaps English is the author's second language? I attempted to read it, but got stuck on, "That being back to the dumb ass standing in the door, his being a dumbass caused me think that maybe he had set an airplane was on fire."

My brain can't seem to process those words in that particular order.

I defy you to read FINEGANS WAKE and return with a coherent book report.

 

[Katiecat]

I defy you to read FINEGANS WAKE and return with a coherent book report.

I couldn't even begin to do a report on a book that contains the word "bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnth
unntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!"

This story seems as difficult to slog through -- although Joyce's prose is a bit more poetic.

 

[LadyVer]

It's a free site with one editor who skims at least a hundred stories per day. You expect perfection or fairness? I can't imagine what it's like for Laurel to go through these stories each day. Who knows, maybe she uses a bot reader for most of the stories. I would.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

It's a free site with one editor who skims at least a hundred stories per day. You expect perfection or fairness? I can't imagine what it's like for Laurel to go through these stories each day. Who knows, maybe she uses a bot reader for most of the stories. I would.

Poor Laurel oughta tell the site owners to kiss her grits. Poor thang.

 

[TamLin01]

This isn't even the worst story I've seen on the site today. Hardly worth rabble rousing over.

 

[Katiecat]

I remember reading a story here once where the female character was described as having "Hello Kitty berets" in her hair.

It took a while for me to realize she meant "barrettes".

 

[TamLin01]

Shame. I liked berets better.

 

[Katiecat]

Shame. I liked berets better.

Yeah, but I couldn't figure out why one girl would be wearing two berets at one time. Seemed like fashion overkill.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

It was a little after 1500 (3:00pm), when the door to my work center busted open.

That first line really got me hooked.

Anyone know how a door "busted" open?

 

[PTWaters1]

That first line really got me hooked.

Anyone know how a door "busted" open?

The Hulk came calling?

 

[Sammael Bard]

I was wondering if the errors were intentional, but even stories like that have a consistency to that style of narration. It became clear after a few lines that the grammatical mistakes were unintentional on behalf of the author.

I don't understand why would you expect a manually controlled screening process to be perfect and not expect any flaws? Given the amount of drivel Laurel has to go through every day, I'm surprised that she hasn't gone insane.

 

[sr71plt]

I liked the voice in this one, but it does need to be cleaned up. What makes me surprised it passed through was the use of quoting. This is a frequent reason to reject--and this one does all the bad things with quotes that stories get rejected for.

 

[PTWaters1]

Given the amount of drivel Laurel has to go through every day, I'm surprised that she hasn't gone insane.

Laurel does this...ALONE?! Ok, well...this explains a lot and I should really be giving her kudos for what she does. Now I feel bad for being impatient sometimes...

 

[frontlinecaster]

Laurel doing it alone is not an excuse for rules not being applied or being applied so haphazardly. If she couldn't be bothered to even skim this story she should have waited to publish it, or there shouldn't be a delay for other authors who are not nearly as bad as huedogg.

At the very least, the report function ought to actually mean something if she exists the audience to proofread stories for her.

 

[sr71plt]

It's not an excuse, but it's a reasonable reason. And the standards of acceptance here on hers by right of ownership. Not anyone else's.

 

[Hypoxia]

Laurel doing it alone is not an excuse for rules not being applied or being applied so haphazardly. If she couldn't be bothered to even skim this story she should have waited to publish it, or there shouldn't be a delay for other authors who are not nearly as bad as huedogg.

At the very least, the report function ought to actually mean something if she exists the audience to proofread stories for her.

You are free to start your own website with your own rules and screening procedures, applied however you wish. Have at it. Who knows, you might even get a couple dozen hits per week. Cheers!

 

[IncognitoBandito]

I remember reading a story here once where the female character was described as having "Hello Kitty berets" in her hair.

It took a while for me to realize she meant "barrettes".

She wore a Helloooo Kitty Beret, like the kind you find at the Hot Topic Store!

Prince's initial take on the lyrics...true story

 

[PTWaters1]

She wore a Helloooo Kitty Beret, like the kind you find at the Hot Topic Store!

Prince's initial take on the lyrics...true story

LOL!

That totally made me giggle like a 10 year old

 

[Katiecat]

Laurel doing it alone is not an excuse for rules not being applied or being applied so haphazardly. If she couldn't be bothered to even skim this story she should have waited to publish it, or there shouldn't be a delay for other authors who are not nearly as bad as huedogg.

Hang on, let me get out my red pen.

At the very least, the report function ought to actually mean something if she exists the audience to proofread stories for her.

I believe you meant, "expects". If you are going to slam Laurel for lack of proof reading, you might want to proofread your own post. I would say Laurel having a life outside generously maintaining this huge, lovely, free site for all of us is reason enough that she can't go over every story with a flea comb.

Now, if stories slip through with atrocious spelling and grammar, ridiculous characters, impossible sexual feats, and improbable plots, then the author will hear it loud and clear from the readers -- at least, from the ones who expect something more than amateur porn. So, no worries.