Give us your worst

[pink_silk_glove]

supernatural mummy bondage

Not to kink shame but ... what the actual?? : P

Sorry, just had to.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Lights, Camera, Blood Ch 3 is my worst. It's the worst thing that I've written in my adult life. I would not have published it except that it was for the group chain story and I couldn't let down the group.

I hate it because I set out to nurture the growing relationship between the two main leads, create a movie set atmosphere, add some steam, and of course move the plot along. I failed miserably on the first three. What is left is a procedural slug that connects chapter 2 to chapter 4 and that's it.

 

[lovecraft68]

There's a tie between two because they're the worst from the same reason. The first came out in 2013 the other 2015 and thinking on this it pisses me off that two years later I'd write the same type of story.

They're both dad/daughter stories and why I think they suck (readers didn't seem to, both have an H) is they have minimal plot, they play up to the barely legal crowd and both daughters are fawning "Aww daddy" types who just love him so much!

My other DD stories the daughters were more mature and the aggressive hot minx type and the stories had more depth to them, these are like minimal effort copy paste roll outs and what you see in porn vids. She just has to have him!

When I did a thread about how I no longer bother reading comments on some of my stories, these two are at the top of that. They're the story version of walk of shame.

 

[AwkwardMD]

I look back on one of the stories I wrote in 2019 as a big turning point for me. Everything that came before it, it's like someone else wrote it and not me. Everything* I've written since then has been of a different, higher quality.

*except the next one. The second story, after the turn. I swung for the fences on a few stylistic choices that 100% did not pan out. It does well. It's highly rated, but I cringe when I think about it. It is the weakest link.

 

[FrancesScott]

I don’t actively dislike any of my stories here. From a purely personal point of view, they all please me in some small way, regardless of reader reactions. But I’m more than happy to admit that Cum For Me, was a petty reaction to many readers complaining about the intentional recondite polysyllables, elliptical and parenthesic sentences, and general sesquipedalian tendancies in my 1920s literary novel pastiche, Ice Cream.

Cum for me is a 750 word story with all 750 of them being monosyllables, though an ‘into’ snuck into the version first published.

https://www.literotica.com/s/cum-for-me-750-words

 

[M_K_Babalon]

There's a few on my other account that was pretty bad. For this one, it's a tie between The Emporess New Robe and Man Eater, which were 750 Word Contest stories. At least the former was somewhat erotic. I tried to somewhat tell a whole story.

 

[PennyThompson]

It's interesting how many people here are pointing to 750s as their worst stories, I wonder why that is?

Personally I enjoy that format a lot, it's like a little mental puzzle. My 750s seem to be on the low end of my story ratings, maybe 0.1 or 0.2 lower than most, but they were great opportunities to experiment with different ideas and narrative styles!

 

[Voboy]

It's interesting how many people here are pointing to 750s as their worst stories, I wonder why that is?

Personally I enjoy that format a lot, it's like a little mental puzzle. My 750s seem to be on the low end of my story ratings, maybe 0.1 or 0.2 lower than most, but they were great opportunities to experiment with different ideas and narrative styles!

In my mind, I don't think of my 750s as real stories. I think they're almost all bad, other than the first couple I wrote. I don't like them and I continually think I should just delete them.

That's why I didn't profile one here: I don't see them as legitimate stories. If I'd put them in the running, they'd be like my bottom four or five stories.

 

[AG31]

As there are already a few threads on our best stories, why not talk about our worst?
Tell us about the story that is currently posted on Literotica that you think is your worst.
Don't go by ratings or other metrics because we all know that low ratings often has nothing to do with the quality of the story or the writing. It's the word count, the category, the cheating wife, or the writers own shining personality.
So give us a link to this stinker of a story, tell us the category and why you think it's bad.

I never published my worst story. I had a figment of a thought and forced it into a story. A helpful friend here on AH told me it was not good. I forget the exact words. I immediate agreed and never published. I have, however, published the first line here on Lit several times.

 

[Djmac1031]

It's interesting how many people here are pointing to 750s as their worst stories, I wonder why that is?

Personally I enjoy that format a lot, it's like a little mental puzzle. My 750s seem to be on the low end of my story ratings, maybe 0.1 or 0.2 lower than most, but they were great opportunities to experiment with different ideas and narrative styles!

Without having read the ones people are pointing out, I've found the general problem with many 750 word stories is that too many of them read like the set up to a much longer tale instead of being a COMPLETE story unto itself.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I've got to go with Consequence to Recompense.

I honestly don't like the story. It was a challenge from an author I respect, but it just goes against everything I enjoy writing. I believe I wrote it well, the characters are well developed, the story carries weight, the tone is appropriately dark for the ask, but I wish I hadn't written it.

 

[Baztrachian]

It's interesting how many people here are pointing to 750s as their worst stories, I wonder why that is?

Personally I enjoy that format a lot, it's like a little mental puzzle. My 750s seem to be on the low end of my story ratings, maybe 0.1 or 0.2 lower than most, but they were great opportunities to experiment with different ideas and narrative styles!

Just me but it seems every time I set out to write a 750w story it always ends up at 2,000 to 5,000 words.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

It's interesting how many people here are pointing to 750s as their worst stories, I wonder why that is?

Personally I enjoy that format a lot, it's like a little mental puzzle. My 750s seem to be on the low end of my story ratings, maybe 0.1 or 0.2 lower than most, but they were great opportunities to experiment with different ideas and narrative styles!

I excluded my 750s from consideration. I don't really consider them 'stories' Like @Djmac1031 said, they feel more like setups for longer works. or opening chapters. The exercise is fun, and to do it well is rewarding. I kind of wish they had their own category, so they could be more fairly considered against similar works. Doesn't seem fair to compare what is effectively an incomplete work the rest of my works.

 

[mrs_mackenzie]

I think my worst is 'Fooling Priory' in T/I which I put in for the April Fools' contest in 2024. It's a bit lower on the rating side (4.30-4.40 I think) which reflects the fact that it isn't that good.

The reasons are 1. That I find April Fools themed stories very difficult to conceptualise and write, and 2. That I wrote it while I was away from home on my phone and didn't really put as much time and effort into it as I could have.

But it was a good learning experience about what works and what doesn't, and I learnt a lot from it.

 

[PennyThompson]

I kind of wish they had their own category, so they could be more fairly considered against similar works. Doesn't seem fair to compare what is effectively an incomplete work the rest of my works.

Now that's an interesting idea, either a story category for Flash Fiction, or even a separate section like Lit has for poetry and audio!

 

[StillStunned]

It's interesting how many people here are pointing to 750s as their worst stories, I wonder why that is?

And a few (me among them) regretting that they didn't take enough words to tell their story.

 

[EmilyMiller]

It's interesting how many people here are pointing to 750s as their worst stories, I wonder why that is?

Personally I enjoy that format a lot, it's like a little mental puzzle. My 750s seem to be on the low end of my story ratings, maybe 0.1 or 0.2 lower than most, but they were great opportunities to experiment with different ideas and narrative styles!

I kinda view them as a separate category. I’ve written some I am proud of, which conveyed what I was trying to convey. But they start under water ratings wise and there is only so much you can do with the format. I discount them from best and worst lists, and - back when I used to care more about ratings - exclude them from any portfolio analysis as they are essentially outlier data.

 

[EmilyMiller]

And a few (me among them) regretting that they didn't take enough words to tell their story.

As you know, I’ve turned one 750 worder into a 28,000 word novella and another into a 8,000 word short story. If the central premise is good, why not? Laurel seems cool with the concept, and I changed the titles.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Without having read the ones people are pointing out, I've found the general problem with many 750 word stories is that too many of them read like the set up to a much longer tale instead of being a COMPLETE story unto itself.

I’ve [mostly - my Juliana Jones / Cara Loft 750 worder is the exception] tried to write either a pure vignette, or a complete story in my 750 word efforts. I believe the latter is possible to achieve, though others will disagree with me.

 

[StillStunned]

As you know, I’ve turned one 750 worder into a 28,000 word novella and another into a 8,000 word short story. If the central premise is good, why not? Laurel seems cool with the concept, and I changed the titles.

I have a folder of non-erotic sword & sorcery stories that I wrote before I joined Lit. At the time I thought they were great, but looking back I should rewrite them and make them about three times as long.

I think one of the most important lessons I've learned from publishing here is to slow the story down. A story that's overly wordy is probably easier to enjoy than a story that feels rushed.

 

[Rob_Royale]

And a few (me among them) regretting that they didn't take enough words to tell their story.

So write a longer version. What a Cougar Wants is the full story of my 750 word A Good Descision.

 

[EmilyMiller]

A story that's overly wordy is probably easier to enjoy than a story that feels rushed.

I agree

 

[PennyThompson]

I think that three of my four 750s are just fine as they are, fun little scenes that don't need any expansion or continuation! The fourth ended up being a sort of pilot episode for a longer story

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Not to kink shame but ... what the actual?? : P

Sorry, just had to.

Lol, mummification. Like the bondage variant. (I probably could have worded that better, sorry! )

 

[TheLobster]

Lol, mummification. Like the bondage variant.

As opposed to mommification, the incest variant.