Asking a favor of AH members who read BDSM.
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AG31
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When I re-connected with the world of erotica about 4 years ago (see my bio for the reasons), I expected to find a lot of stories to my taste. I found very few. And when I published my fantasies, it became clear that my stories were in a small niche. (Stats: Reads, 5-13k, Comments, 4-9, Ratings posted, 15-64, followers 52)
The reason I expected to find lots of like minded authors and AH posters was that back in the day, my tastes were very popular. The Story of O, by Pauline Reage, touched some bases and Exit to Eden and The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice touched others.
This is not distressing to me, but it is very intriguing.
Here's the favor: Would you readers of BDSM look at one of my BDSM stories (Lit pages 1 to 4), read enough of it to form an opinion, and tell me what (if anything) puts you off? Of course, the rest of you are welcome, but disliking BDSM won't give me the answers I'm looking for.
- Staid, almost formal tone of narrative.
- Almost total absence of relationships.
- Focus on a male surrendering rather than a female.
- Absence of naughtiness, sissification, training, infantilization, etc (why I add "with dignity" to my blurbs). If so, could you specify which?
Thanks to all!!!
The reason I expected to find lots of like minded authors and AH posters was that back in the day, my tastes were very popular. The Story of O, by Pauline Reage, touched some bases and Exit to Eden and The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice touched others.
This is not distressing to me, but it is very intriguing.
Here's the favor: Would you readers of BDSM look at one of my BDSM stories (Lit pages 1 to 4), read enough of it to form an opinion, and tell me what (if anything) puts you off? Of course, the rest of you are welcome, but disliking BDSM won't give me the answers I'm looking for.
- Staid, almost formal tone of narrative.
- Almost total absence of relationships.
- Focus on a male surrendering rather than a female.
- Absence of naughtiness, sissification, training, infantilization, etc (why I add "with dignity" to my blurbs). If so, could you specify which?
Thanks to all!!!
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MillieDynamite
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A double tap!
MillieDynamite
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I can't today, but I will tomorrow.
AwkwardlySet
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I suppose I would be suitable as one of the readers, especially since I prefer #3 and also dislike #4.
But what exactly are you hoping for with this? A full-on review? Something specific? Why do you need the readers to be those who usually read BDSM?
But what exactly are you hoping for with this? A full-on review? Something specific? Why do you need the readers to be those who usually read BDSM?
SamanthaBehgs
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Why two posts?
SimonDoom
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I enjoy BDSM stories. My very first written erotica story (second published) was a BDSM story, In The Hallway. It's still my highest rated story, and one of the stories I most enjoyed writing. I'd call it "BDSM light," because it's more about how two people get involved in power exchange than in the details of a BDSM experience. I think the subject is fascinating, and can be very erotic.
I read your story Twelve Maxbridge Road. I thought you did an excellent job narrating the actual BDSM experience/encounters. It all seemed plausible to me and one can feel your kinky interest in the details of how it would work.
In reading your story, though, I felt some of what I felt about The Story of O. When I read that story, I wanted to know more about how O got there. Now keep in mind this is just my own subjective taste, and this in particular is a kinky subject where no one perspective is correct. But for me, a huge part of the erotica is how they got there. In reading your story I wanted to know more about how Faranger got there -- his own personal, kinky evolution toward taking what was, for most people, a huge and risky step.
When he encountered co-workers, I thought it would have been more erotic to have established his relationship with those co-workers before he ever went to the BDSM place. It would have created more tension and surprise and drama, and created the opportunity for character development.
This, again, is my own personal taste with erotica, but I like an erotic story that focuses on the approach to the erotic subject, reaches an artful climax of sorts, and then resolves fairly quickly afterward. The last part of the story, featuring Faranger and Sandra, the attendant, didn't strike me as integrated as well with the previous part of the story as it might have been. If you're going to end the story with love, then you should foreshadow love. She needs to feature more prominently somehow at the beginning of the story. Perhaps, for example, she is one of his coworkers, and at the beginning of the story you feature a scene between the two of them, so when she appears later during his BDSM ritual, and again afterward, it gives the relationship extra zing.
I read your story Twelve Maxbridge Road. I thought you did an excellent job narrating the actual BDSM experience/encounters. It all seemed plausible to me and one can feel your kinky interest in the details of how it would work.
In reading your story, though, I felt some of what I felt about The Story of O. When I read that story, I wanted to know more about how O got there. Now keep in mind this is just my own subjective taste, and this in particular is a kinky subject where no one perspective is correct. But for me, a huge part of the erotica is how they got there. In reading your story I wanted to know more about how Faranger got there -- his own personal, kinky evolution toward taking what was, for most people, a huge and risky step.
When he encountered co-workers, I thought it would have been more erotic to have established his relationship with those co-workers before he ever went to the BDSM place. It would have created more tension and surprise and drama, and created the opportunity for character development.
This, again, is my own personal taste with erotica, but I like an erotic story that focuses on the approach to the erotic subject, reaches an artful climax of sorts, and then resolves fairly quickly afterward. The last part of the story, featuring Faranger and Sandra, the attendant, didn't strike me as integrated as well with the previous part of the story as it might have been. If you're going to end the story with love, then you should foreshadow love. She needs to feature more prominently somehow at the beginning of the story. Perhaps, for example, she is one of his coworkers, and at the beginning of the story you feature a scene between the two of them, so when she appears later during his BDSM ritual, and again afterward, it gives the relationship extra zing.
Bramblethorn
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I think a lot of the people in Lit's BDSM category are there specifically for mdom/fsub, maybe open to fdom/fsub, and are uncomfortable with stories about male submission especially to other men. The tone would be more of an issue to me but I don't think my tastes are going to shift the dial much compared to those expectations about gender.
lovecraft68
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My first story here was femdom and it did okay. If I posted it today it would be shredded.
The misogynists have been taking over this site for years now and I'm talking authors as much as the readership.
Lot of weak men suffering from bitterness and CMI abound. I haven't posted in BDSM here in well over a decade, but have done around a dozen e-books under different names in the market. Some are Maledom but I still wouldn't put them here.
Knowing I'm going to sound bad here, but I won't lower myself to so much as click on that category here. I'd rather get flamed in LW, at least those idiots aren't pretending about what they like. BDSM is "I want to write rape but don't want the NC stigma so..."
I'm sure there's good authors and stories there, but I'm not walking the minefield. BDSM has been too big a part of my real life for forty years to deal with poserdom and abusers
TheRedChamber
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I dont want to 'Well, actually...'.anyone on this thread, but...well,.actually...
I did some research on this a couple of years ago because I'd been hearing some of the same claims as on this thread. The short version is that in stories with one clearly identifiable protagonist (e.g. first or close third perspective) there was a 80:20 split between subs and dom(me)s and a 60:40 split between male and female. There is not too much variation in scores but femsub do best and lesbian sub even better.
Heading out now, but will reply with my personal thoughts/preferences later.
Article here: https://www.literotica.com/s/a-survey-of-the-bdsm-category
I did some research on this a couple of years ago because I'd been hearing some of the same claims as on this thread. The short version is that in stories with one clearly identifiable protagonist (e.g. first or close third perspective) there was a 80:20 split between subs and dom(me)s and a 60:40 split between male and female. There is not too much variation in scores but femsub do best and lesbian sub even better.
Heading out now, but will reply with my personal thoughts/preferences later.
Article here: https://www.literotica.com/s/a-survey-of-the-bdsm-category
