Voyeur or Incest?

[DCO_65]

I have 11000+ unedited words, but seek opinions on what to do next.

The whole story includes several categories, but the most restrictive one (Incest) is not omnipresent.

I assume that incest in some chapters makes it a no-go for erotic or novels. There is some content in published Voyeur stories where siblings watch siblings or siblings and spouses, where is the line? Just submit it in Voyeur and see?

Or should it be several independent stories tied together by title, in different categories, rather than a single tale in the most restrictive one?

EG: Amy, sharing a flat with my sister (Voyeur = about sis and hubby)
___ Amy, sharing with B (Voyeur = Amy meets a guy)
___ Amy, sharing my sister's hubby (if Amy watches then joins in, has it crossed to incest yet?)
___ Amy, sharing it all (Incest = four way)

 

[ScrappyPaperDoodler]

This might be the wrong forum for your question. However, to give you an answer:

Personally, I think 11k words is a good size for a single I/T story. Anything from 8k and up seems to score better, and you'll benefit from increased readership on account of the category. The readers there also tend to be tolerant of non-incest content mixed into stories if (it's executed well). From what you've explained, your story builds up to an incestuous climax.

I would not recommend splitting the story into chapters with different names. It will affect readership and non-incest readers who reach the third or fourth chapter will not like it.

 

[LupusDei]

Incest is considered a trump category (what is probably reasonable respecting those that may have it as squick, be triggered, religiously insulted or whatever by incest content) and stories with noticeable incestuous angle may be moved to that category regardless where you intend to publish it.

Sometimes that forced move may be a serious problem. Perhaps especially in E/V where there people run around naked just because and overzealous interpretation of incest may find such where none was intended, or if it's far secondary and not the main interest in the story. Say, as in, a girl is nude in front of father and/or brother(s) who are as well or not, but either way it's just that the whole family are experienced nudists and it is not at all seen as sexual, not for them, and it never develops further than just casual appreciating of her beauty, not between them. Or if it's between background characters and never gets direct descriptions or even certainty it's anything but misinterpreted perceptions.

It's true that some stores in E/V get away with it, getting, or not, moderator warnings about incest content in front, but I believe it needs a special request to keep such a story in that category believing it would be butchered and not find their intended readers if moved.

That said, voyeurism is sexual even if there's no direct sexual activity, and therefore voyeurism between relatives is incestuous.

Where is the line? Perhaps somewhere in the vicinity of the line between nudism and voyeurism or between nudism and exhibitionism depending on the angle. And that is entirely in the head of said voyeur or exhibitionist, as presented by you. It is entirely possible to voyeur at nudists or even be an exhibitionist between nudists. It is possible to make, or expect, the reader to be the voyeur on the nudist(s) in your story, but unless you know your reader be related to your characters it's probably not incest, while their secondary fantasies about siblings you describe are they own.

 

[LupusDei]

This might be the wrong forum for your question.

Yeah, it's fairly typical Authors Hangout question, but at this point I'm not at all sure it's wrong in Story Ideas to discuss work in progress, since the standing advice here seems to be "write your own damn story, nobody else ever would if even could," (with may be mostly true, knowing everyone who writes or even considers to ever try have drawers full of scraps screaming to be written) sometimes with encouragement "you more or less got through three paragraphs somehow, that's already better than worst third of what's published."

That said, the question is indeed mostly meta, not really about the content of the story, at least as it reads.

 

[DCO_65]

The readers there [I-T] also tend to be tolerant of non-incest content mixed into stories if (it's executed well). From what you've explained, your story builds up to an incestuous climax.

I would not recommend splitting the story into chapters with different names. It will affect readership and non-incest readers who reach the third or fourth chapter will not like it.

Thanks, I think I'll finish it as a single long story with at least four distinct scenes.

Incest is considered a trump category (what is probably reasonable respecting those that may have it as squick, be triggered, religiously insulted or whatever by incest content)...

I always find people who find incest stories to be anti-religious hilarious. Apparently they didn't ever read that big book with so many pages. You know the one. It's the greatest piece of incest literature ever written-- starting about Genesis 2 or so, and continuing all the way to Saint Joseph and his cousin-wife.