Need an editor

I got a story that could use some editing. Interested? It's an exhibitionist style. 2d chapter, about 15k words so far. The first chapter was graded 4.79. First chapter was 12k.
https://www.literotica.com/s/the-bet-ch-01-12
Trust me I am not trying to be mean here, but honest. You have definitely the possibility of becoming a writer, if you can learn to get to the point and take us along. Your story amounts to a very long discussion between two people about sex. Very little action, lots and lots of meaningless dialog and tons of useless verbiage. It made me about as hard as reading a newspaper story about sex, all very cold and detached. Don't tell us, "I had an orgasm then," show us what happened! Did her pussy lips grab and squeeze his cock? Give us taste and sound and smell and touch and twisted sheets and animal sounds and feral smells and etc. What did his cock look like? Was it wide and dark and hairy or thin and smooth and pointed? White or pink or red or brown or black? What did her pussy look like, was it pink, red, swollen, wet, wide open? What kind of sounds did he make, she make? What smells were in the air?

Way too many one sentence paragraphs that do nothing to develop your characters, or build the tension. The story should build as the sex does, toward a climax or two, but as a main event (not an afterthought). If you make the story bout half as long, kill much of the meaningless dialog and have some actual action that moves from a to b to c, etc. Then PM me and I will edit it for you. Right now it would b a huge chore.
 
I agree with Robert. If I had my pick, I try to start at the most interesting point of the scene at the moment that is most compelling. Just like any story can have a happy or bad ending depending on where you end the story, the same is true of the start of a story.

Too much exposition can unnecessarily drag a story done. I noticed some of that in your first chapter. I'm reminded of reading a friend's story once where the protagonist was in the shower telling (us the reader) about her friendship with her best friend...and I was like...when in life do I think of my best friend in the shower? Mhmm.

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She grinned and after a moment, "All right, just for you I'll take the chance. One minute! If your girl wins I'll be your maid for the weekend. But if she doesn't, I get your bike from a Sunday to Sunday on the week of the motorcycle rally. Deal?"

"Deal," I said as I shook her hand again. We both turned back to the television just as the bell rang for the first round.

14 seconds later...

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I like that as a start.

Anyway, what level of editing are you looking for?
 
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