A complete novel in Literotica

[Goodalphamale]

Literotica is a fun place for writers to share their hot works to a wide range of readers. But I never encountered a full novel type work here, is there any scope for a full novel here?

 

[StillStunned]

Have you checked the Novels and Novellas category?

 

[Goodalphamale]

Have you checked the Novels and Novellas category?

No thank you for sharing it

 

[Bramblethorn]

Literotica is a fun place for writers to share their hot works to a wide range of readers. But I never encountered a full novel type work here, is there any scope for a full novel here?

Sure. Some get posted in Novels and Novellas, some just get posted in whatever category fits the story, usually broken up into chapters. I have two stories that are novel-length (about 100k words) and plenty of other authors do too.

 

[Blind_Justice]

"Express Delivery" is 104.000 words and all chapters of "Mud&Magic" are more than 300k. Both posted in SF&F.

 

[Goodalphamale]

Sure. Some get posted in Novels and Novellas, some just get posted in whatever category fits the story, usually broken up into chapters. I have two stories that are novel-length (about 100k words) and plenty of other authors do too.

I'll check em out

 

[AwkwardlySet]

There are plenty of novel-length stories here, some published integrally, some divided into chapters. Sadly, there is no way for readers to browse stories by length, which is a serious oversight by website admins, in my opinion. You'll have to find them the hard way.

 

[burgwad]

There’s novel-length works (i.e., endless shallow smutfests), and then there’s novels (i.e., slower, deeper smutfests). Both exist here on lit, but I agree, I feel like we don’t see too much of the latter outside its designated category.

They’re a lot more work, for which there isn’t a proportionate appetite among most Lit readers outside a couple select categories, and if a novel don’t secure an ‘H’ within its first week, it can disappear into Lit’s vast, impenetrable, unnavigable library forever. Speaking from experience, it is hard to pour hundreds of hours into something that - because it’s, say, a novel-length I/T submission - is almost certain to underperform with readers. I still do it, because I am broken inside, but it is very very hard.

Coincidentally, my latest I/T work is a novel. Still ongoing, but now is a good time to jump in. The setup is finally complete. The fun is just beginning. If you are curious, here’s a link to the first chapter: Back To Normal

 

[ElectricBlue]

There’s novel-length works (i.e., endless shallow smutfests), and then there’s novels (i.e., slower, deeper smutfests). Both exist here on lit, but I agree, I feel like we don’t see too much of the latter outside its designated category.

They’re a lot more work, for which there isn’t a proportionate appetite among most Lit readers outside a couple select categories, and if a novel don’t secure an ‘H’ within its first week, it can disappear into Lit’s vast, impenetrable, unnavigable library forever. Speaking from experience, it is hard to pour hundreds of hours into something that - because it’s, say, a novel-length I/T submission - is almost certain to underperform with readers. I still do it, because I am broken inside, but it is very very hard.

When I published my take on the Arthurian myth The Dark Chronicles (104k words, in Sci-Fi and Fantasy), I figured maybe a thousand readers would follow it through to the last chapter. Six years later, the last chapter has been read by 3800 people, so I'm pretty pleased about that - especially since most of them found it in my catalogue, not when it first came out. Which is why I always say, don't worry about your publishing strategy in the short term, it makes no difference in the long run.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Three of my stories I've published would meet the word count for a novel (89K, 102K, 107K). I just broke the stories up into parts to make reading it easier.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'll check em out

Here's a good one: https://www.literotica.com/series/se/61462531

 

[Goodalphamale]

There are plenty of novel-length stories here, some published integrally, some divided into chapters. Sadly, there is no way for readers to browse stories by length, which is a serious oversight by website admins, in my opinion. You'll have to find them the hard way.

True

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Hammingbyrd’s The Preacher Man is over 160,000, which is longer than many mainstream novels.

 

[GrushaVashnadze]

Literotica is a fun place for writers to share their hot works to a wide range of readers. But I never encountered a full novel type work here, is there any scope for a full novel here?

Try this one:
Alison Goes to London

 

[MillieDynamite]

My two novellas have been published all at one time. So, I am not the best authority on chapter-by-chapter story posts.