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What's the difference between a story review and a story highlight?

A review is solely the opinion of the one reading it and ultimately reviewing it and, for sure, it is more indepth. The reviewed opinion given may or may not have anything to do with what the author intended, when writing his or her story.

Why am I taking the time to do this? It's my way of giving back to Literotica. Who am I to do this? I'm just a person who loves to write.

Writing is such a lonely proposition. We pour out our hearts and souls for the pleasure, hopefully, of the reader. Moreover, except for Sir Scouries, we all write for free here.

Only, what if few, instead of many read your story? What if your story was unfairly judged or bashed? Don't you wish you had a second chance at catching someone's attention? Wouldn't you like your story given the same attention received, as those stories, by those same authors, who routinely sit at or near the top of the board?

Every day there is a wealth of new stories posted. The stories post in a way that is not coincidental, as you may have imagined. I dare say that, just as Literotica has out of favored authors, Literotica has favorite authors.

I couldn't help but notice that many of the same authors post near the very top of the board, while others routinely post at the bottom. Why is that? How sad is that to see your story, the one you worked so hard writing, on page 2 of the new story board.

Every writer works as hard to write his or her story. Every writer truly believes that their story is good, before posting it and making it public. Certainly, not all writers have the same talent, but personalities and biased opinions should be removed from the equation, when posting stories to the board. Yet, it is obvious how management feels about certain authors posting here, and if you don't like it, leave is the message here.

Nonetheless, my message is not personal, political, or disgruntled. I equally embrace every story and every writer with a second chance for a second look. I only hope to give a select few stories that may have been missed and not read a second chance.

Everyone deserves a second chance. Not all of us gets to dance in the spotlight. After the curtain has closed, the light has gone out, and the fat lady has sung, before your story falls off the board into the great abyss of stories, maybe I can put a flashlight of interest on it, again.
 
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Lessons from the Emperor by Jeffbaby

This story posted yesterday, May 16, 2010, near the very end of the new story board for that day. The story posted so far down that it made page 2, instead of page 1.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=212843

Jeffbaby is a new author and Lessons from the Emperor is his first story posted under that name.

Has anyone else read it? What did you think?

Even though the story posted under the NonConsent/Reluctance category, I would have posted it under the Gay category, as there was much more gay sexual action than there was NonConsent/Reluctance. Junius appeared to be too willing of a victim. Lara on the other hand, could make for an interesting NonConsent/Reluctance story.

Certainly, it is good to be the King or in this case, the Emperor.

Staying with the highlight concept without going too much indepth as a review, I would have liked the story more if it was longer and if it had given a bit more background. For sure, the characters needed a bit more development and I would have preferred more imagery. It was difficult to imagine the scenes by the lack of the description, somewhat. Moreover, the Emperor needed more description to get a sense of him.

Nonetheless, as the story continued, it definitely has some very hot sex scenes, especially if your sexual orientation goes in that direction. I see that this story is the first part and will continue as a series.

Good luck, Jeffbaby and I hope I have put the spotlight of attention on your story, before it disappears off the board.
 
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The Plumber by aers2701

This story is the first attempt by another new author. It posted May 15th, towards the bottom of the page.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=1197841&page=submissions

It is another NonConsent/Reluctance story.

Some may find the sex scene offensive, a bit too much like rape. Others may enjoy that sort of forced sex scene, although the victim quickly becomes a willing participant.

At first blush, it's difficult not to notice the point of view switch. On a story this short, it's best the writer picks one head to tell the story.

The characters lacked any sort of development or description. Yet, as I give a 5 vote to all stories I've chosen to highlight, I recommend this story to those who are plumbers or who always wanted to be ravished by a plumber.

Good luck with your story aers2701. I hope I have put the spotlight of attention on your story before it disappears off the board.
 
Love and Limitations by Forever_Yours5409

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=476695

The above story Love and Limitations posted on May 14th. For those of you who enjoy BDSM, you may enjoy this story.

Being that the story was written in the second person, I couldn't help but feel that I was witnessing a crime scene, while reading a detective novel.

Forever_Yours5409 is a first time contributed. She needs your support. Please read her story.

It's funny but I suspect the second person would have worked for this story, had she taken more time to give a bit more background and to described the characters.

Characters are important in a story and these characters have no character development whatsoever.

Nonetheless, there are some of you who may enjoy this story, if only you'd give it a second look or a first look, as the case may be.

Good luck with your story Forever_Yours5409. I hope I put the spotlight of attention on your story, before it falls from the board.
 
Butch Black Girls by SamuelX

For of you those who are unfamilar with SamuelX, but for Bostonfictionwriter, he is the most prolific writer at Literotica.

One of his latest stories, posted on May 13th, Butch Black Girls is an Anal Sex story. SamuelX posts a lot of those, as well as many celebrity stories. The link to his story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=476139

This particular story could have benefitted with a bit of dialogue and character description, but SamuelX is a decent writer.

Only, what troubles me about SamuelX's work is that, whenever he posts a story, usually every day (lol), his stories at posted at the very end, the bottom, of the new story page. Why is that?

Someone so prolific, someone who has written more than 1,000 stories for the benefit of Literotica and the pleasure if its readers, surely, should be given more respect than having his story post at the very bottom. It doesn't seem fair. It doesn't seem right.

Yet, we never hear from SamuelX. I can't remember reading a post from him on the forum boards, even though his name has been lambasted by others, lessor writers.

I recommend SamuelX to any intested in his work. He writes in nearly every category. He'd do well, if only he'd participate in the Survivor competition. Some of his stories may even win a theme contest, if only he'd enter.

It's time SamuelX for you to step out of the shadows and claim your place as one of the greatest writers at Literotica. We are giving you a standing ovation for all that you have done to forward this site of erotic literature.

Good luck with your stories, SamuelX. I hope I put the spotlight of attention on you and your story, before it falls from the board.
 
The Surrender by Kirsenne99

This story posted today, May 17th, towards the bottom of the new story page. Below is the link to the story

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477049

The story has a good amount of suspense and a decent amount of tension, only who cares?

Without a description of the main character, without character development, the reader doesn't care about what happens to the character. Yet, since this story posted in the fetish category and if you are one of those readers who follows that category, then I recommend you read this story.

Give the author your support. The more we all write, the more feedback we all receive, the better story we write.

Good luck with your story Kirsenne99. I hope that I was able to shine the spotlight of attention on your story to get you more votes and comments.
 
QUOTE she'stheend Yet, we never hear from SamuelX. I can't remember reading a post from him on the forum boards, even though his name has been lambasted by others, lessor writers.

No, SamuelX posts on the General Board from time to time. Very interesting stuff too.

Does this mean that now you have your own thread you won't be entering as many stories in the upcoming contests? If so the boss will be very pleased.

And hey, maybe you should give some thought to advertising one of the boss's stories.

Gabby
 
QUOTE she'stheend Yet, we never hear from SamuelX. I can't remember reading a post from him on the forum boards, even though his name has been lambasted by others, lessor writers.

No, SamuelX posts on the General Board from time to time. Very interesting stuff too.

Does this mean that now you have your own thread you won't be entering as many stories in the upcoming contests? If so the boss will be very pleased.

And hey, maybe you should give some thought to advertising one of the boss's stories.

Gabby


If you posted a story to the New listing, I'm certain Freddie would highlight it. This thread is about Freddie pulling stories up from the bottom of the current daily postings. Your last story was in February (duh).
 
QUOTE she'stheend Yet, we never hear from SamuelX. I can't remember reading a post from him on the forum boards, even though his name has been lambasted by others, lessor writers.

No, SamuelX posts on the General Board from time to time. Very interesting stuff too.

Does this mean that now you have your own thread you won't be entering as many stories in the upcoming contests? If so the boss will be very pleased.

And hey, maybe you should give some thought to advertising one of the boss's stories.

Gabby

Actually, now that I have this "Story Highlight" thread, I expect to receive more inspiration from reading and commenting on stories.

To answer your question, this thread should enable me to write and enter more stories in the contest, not less.

Thank you for your interest. You're too kind.
 
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A Friend Forever by mslovergirl69

I'm not sure why, but I really liked this story.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477108

Yeah, it was rough around the edges, but it was still good. The writer managed to stay out of the way of the story.

The story was a little too short for my liking. The characters were undeveloped, a common complaint with all the stories that I've highlighted, thus far. And the characters begged for description to help them from being flat on the page to become 3 dimensional and alive.

I would have like to see the paragraphs smaller and the dialogue separated from the narrative. Yet, the premise of the story, a story posted to the lesbian category, was believable. I liked it.

I wish you good luck with your story, mslovergirl69. I hope I was able to shine the spotlight of attention on your story to help you garner more votes and comments.
 
The Project by James232003

Posted in the Erotic Coupling category, The Project by James232003 was a cute story that held my attention.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=476991

He gave more of a background than some of the other stories I've highlighted. He also gave a bit of a character description, albeit for the female character and not the male character, which would explain why I could only imagine the woman in the story. That's unfortunate because the story is told from the first person viewpoint of the male character and it's important for the reader to get more of a sense of who is telling the story.

Nonetheless, the story held my attention. It had a beginning, a middle, and an ending. Even tough there was dialogue towards the end, I would have preferred having more dialogue throughout the entire story. Since this is an Erotic Coupling, it needed that, more dialogue.

For my taste, unless the story is really good, and shows the reader everything that the readers needs to see, I don't understand why so many authors write such short stories. How long must a story be? As long as it needs to be and I think that this story needed to be a bit longer, which is a good thing because that tells me that there was more of a story here to tell.

Good luck with your story, James232003. I hope my little spotlight will give you more attention, a higher score, and more votes.
 
Hey, thanks! I think this is an awesome, worthwhile endevor you've got goin on here! Also thank you for the feedback! I always battle with how much sex scene and how much context makes a good balance. I'm also very new to this site so I was hoping that the fetsh board would be more receptive to a small amount of context and a whole lot of hawtness.
Anyways, thanks for your comments and keep it up!
 
Hey, thanks! I think this is an awesome, worthwhile endevor you've got goin on here! Also thank you for the feedback! I always battle with how much sex scene and how much context makes a good balance. I'm also very new to this site so I was hoping that the fetsh board would be more receptive to a small amount of context and a whole lot of hawtness.
Anyways, thanks for your comments and keep it up!

Hi Kirseen99,

As a new writer, I see a lot of potential. When I was reading your story, I could hear your voice, something that's important to have. Too many writers haven't found their voices, yet, but your voice came out loud and strong.

Even though your story had some good suspension and tension, I'd like to see more character development. When you develop characters is when things get interesting. Suddenly, you're sitting at the keyboard not sure in which direction to go. If you have a living and breathing character, instead of a flat, one-dimensional character, is when he or she will grab the keyboard from your hand and finish the story for you.

Good luck with your story.
 
Hey, thanks! I think this is an awesome, worthwhile endevor you've got goin on here! Also thank you for the feedback! I always battle with how much sex scene and how much context makes a good balance. I'm also very new to this site so I was hoping that the fetsh board would be more receptive to a small amount of context and a whole lot of hawtness.
Anyways, thanks for your comments and keep it up!

By the way, I forgot to mention. Sex scenes are difficult to write as a new writer. Yet, as you write more, they get easier.

As far as the balance for sex scenes versus context, many readers would suggest the more sex the better. I'm more the erotic writer with less sex the better. I prefer hinting and teasing rather than having the entire story filled with sex, so much so that the theme of the story is lost and no one really cares about your characters.

I hope this helps.
 
You should read the bulk of Sam's work. No, seriously. If you start getting past the first two paragraphs after the twentieth story, it'll be because you don't read those paragraphs. The man's thorough lack of deviance is well known. He sticks to his formula as religiously as the Pythagoreans did theirs. Hopefully, he won't drop anyone in the middle of the Med when they leak the info that there are ratios other than whole numbers, or that stories can start with something other than "I am a {insert race and gender} from {place}. I go to {insert university} where I major in {insert course of study}. I enjoy {insert leisure activites} and play {sport}. My university has {insert long listing of all available sports}."

I enjoy his work. I get a real kick from his sociopath era. Though, it was nice to see that him got over whatever it was that he was angry about and quit poncing around as if he were actually a sociopath.
 
Moreover, except for Sir Scouries, we all write for free here.

He doesn't get paid, either. If he's been telling you so, have him produce a 1099.

I did get paid a few times. Won a monthly contest (the category was almost totally empty when I won, so I don't think that counts) and got anthologized. I wrote stuff here for practice. It's been an excellent proving ground for me and I've discovered that while I can write stories people enjoyed reading, I'm not so good at getting them off. I got a lot of feedback that essentially says: "It was a good enough story to read all the way through, but i didn't orgasm so I couldn't give you a 5."

I also get paid to write as Samuel X (I'm lying now).
 
You should read the bulk of Sam's work. No, seriously. If you start getting past the first two paragraphs after the twentieth story, it'll be because you don't read those paragraphs. The man's thorough lack of deviance is well known. He sticks to his formula as religiously as the Pythagoreans did theirs. Hopefully, he won't drop anyone in the middle of the Med when they leak the info that there are ratios other than whole numbers, or that stories can start with something other than "I am a {insert race and gender} from {place}. I go to {insert university} where I major in {insert course of study}. I enjoy {insert leisure activites} and play {sport}. My university has {insert long listing of all available sports}."

I've read some of Sam's stories and he's a master at what he does. Literotica should give him more respect than what they do.
 
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He doesn't get paid, either. If he's been telling you so, have him produce a 1099.

I did get paid a few times. Won a monthly contest (the category was almost totally empty when I won, so I don't think that counts) and got anthologized. I wrote stuff here for practice. It's been an excellent proving ground for me and I've discovered that while I can write stories people enjoyed reading, I'm not so good at getting them off. I got a lot of feedback that essentially says: "It was a good enough story to read all the way through, but i didn't orgasm so I couldn't give you a 5."

I also get paid to write as Samuel X (I'm lying now).

Yeah, well, if Scouries doesn't get paid, he should, if only for the entertainment value of his posts. Without taking sides, he is an entertaining fellow.

No one else does what he does. I enjoy his statistics, his creative posts, his flames at the Queen, and the photos.
 
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You should read the bulk of Sam's work. No, seriously. If you start getting past the first two paragraphs after the twentieth story, it'll be because you don't read those paragraphs. The man's thorough lack of deviance is well known. He sticks to his formula as religiously as the Pythagoreans did theirs. Hopefully, he won't drop anyone in the middle of the Med when they leak the info that there are ratios other than whole numbers, or that stories can start with something other than "I am a {insert race and gender} from {place}. I go to {insert university} where I major in {insert course of study}. I enjoy {insert leisure activites} and play {sport}. My university has {insert long listing of all available sports}."

I enjoy his work. I get a real kick from his sociopath era. Though, it was nice to see that him got over whatever it was that he was angry about and quit poncing around as if he were actually a sociopath.

I have read a few of his stories. He's passionate about his writing, in the way that the Marquis de Sade was, when he refused to stop writing erotica and having sex with every woman in the empire, even after the Emperor, his cousin, threw him in prison.

I'm not sure why Literotica posts his work dead lasts. Yet, after a while his posts that were last mix in with those that are first and you can't discern one from the other, that is, until they fall from the board.

Thank you for your posts. You're insightful and informative thoughts are always welcome here.
 
Sorry, my apologies for just barging in on your thread like that. I just hate it when people cast dispersions that you are me or that I am you.

I like what you've done to the place. Where did you find all those stuffed authors? Is that Oscar Wilde? That's so cute. And I love the Shakespeare one. Placing one of their books beneath doll is a nice touch. I'd have to say that Edgar Allen Poe is my favorite. He even has a raven perched on his shoulder.

The idea of someone reviewing, sorry, highlighting stories, is something that hasn't been done here before. I wish you success and please feel free to call upon me, should you need my assistance in any way.

Good luck to you, Susan.
 
Sara by KissingMarriedWomen

The story Sara posted today in Erotic Couplings. It posted last on the long list of new stories. The link to the story is below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477052

KissingMarriedWomen is a new writer to Literotica and she's already posted half dozen stories, with Sara being her latest submission.

Always wanting to travel there, I enjoyed the scenic tour of the Scottish Highlands that the author took me. The author gave a good enough description of the woman for me to imagine her. Then, began the dialogue. Good so far.

After reading about Sara taking a public bath with a strange man, suddenly I felt so dirty and wished that I was there taking a public bath, too.'

"Hey, can you pass me the soap. I'm nervous about bending over, if you know what I mean," I imagined myself there in the scene and saying to the main character.

This is a good story and worth your read. I highly recommend it.

Good luck with your story, KissingMarriedWomen. I hope my flashlight shine will put your story in the spotlight of public attention enough to garner you higher votes and more attention.
 
Payback's a Bitch by Bakeboss

Well, there are stories from authors who really strive to write a good story, then there are stories from authors only looking to score a point on the Survivor Contest.

Sadly, this story, Payback's A Bitch is the latter rather than the former. See the link below.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=477163

Honestly, it could have been a very good story, only the author pulled the plug just as the action was heating up. Reading this story was akin to taking off your clothes and just starting to have sex and stopping after a minute, which is the time it took me to read this approximately 1,000 word story.

Why bother?

After looking at some of the other offerings from this writer, I see that all his stories are like this. I don't recommend this story nor can I recommend anyone read this author. I'm sorry that I cast my spotlight of attention on both. Yet, if I'm highlighting good stories, then it's only fair to highlight the bad ones, too.

Good luck in the Survivor Contest, Mr. Bakeboss, although judging by the number of your short (literally) stories, you don't need my good luck wishes.
 
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