Can't remember

[SamScribble]

I just read a story that I wrote about a year ago. It was surprisingly good. I say 'surprisingly', because it kept surprising me. Are you sure that I wrote it?

Jokes aside, do you find that once you've written a story - and posted it - you tend to forget it? Or is this an early sign of dementia?

 

[Jada59]

I remember my stories but... Sometimes I won't remember that I replied to a post, particularly if it was an old post. Sometimes I will see something I wrote, online, but not necessarily here and think... That looks like something 'd write! And as I read further, I realize that I did in fact write it.

 

[KeithD]

Remembering a story isn't too difficult for me. Now remembering what title I gave it and where I can find it . . . that's an entirely different matter.

 

[Jada59]

Remembering a story isn't too difficult for me. Now remembering what title I gave it and where I can find it . . . that's an entirely different matter.

I do that with my poems. I'll remember the poem, but not the title.

 

[oggbashan]

As soon as I have posted a story I tend to move on and forget the details of the posted story within a week or so.

Later I might re-read it and wonder - Where did that come from?

But some works I prefer to forget. They are just ordinary and unless someone comments on them, I forget that they exist.

 

[lovecraft68]

That happens to me. I've been posting e-books since 2011 and if I scroll through my list on smashwords I can vaguely recall what some of the earlier ones are about but couldn't tell you the name of the characters or much in the way of details.

A couple years ago a reader I correspond with on occasions sent me a paragraph from a story, and said "I really liked this, its well done"

I read it, thought it was okay, and e-mailed him back asking for the link to the full story. he replied with a link to...one of my stories

I'm writing book 4 in a series and I have the previous book I wrote less than two years ago open in another tab because I can't remember names or who did what...

The topic reminds me of a a group like the Rolling Stones or Aerosmith or someone who has been around forever, they can't possibly remember every lyric or even how to play every song they ever wrote.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I'll remember the story, but not necessarily the scene. I'll often read something after a year or so and think, wow, did I write that? That's pretty good!

 

[oggbashan]

I'll remember the story, but not necessarily the scene. I'll often read something after a year or so and think, wow, did I write that? That's pretty good!

And I might think?

Wow. Did I write that? It's awful!

 

[lovecraft68]

I remember my stories but... Sometimes I won't remember that I replied to a post, particularly if it was an old post. Sometimes I will see something I wrote, online, but not necessarily here and think... That looks like something 'd write! And as I read further, I realize that I did in fact write it.

Know what would be worse? If you were reading that post thinking, what's this idiot talking about?

 

[NoJo]

I re-read my old stories regularly, and therefore I remember them pretty well. What I notice about them is that my style and vocabulary choice has drifted over the years, as my personality has changed.

My oldest submission here is from 2002, when my parents were still alive, my kids were young, I was married to another woman than I am now, my hair was black, and I lived in the suburbs. It's no wonder than my writing style is different now - I really am a different person.

Most interesting to me is the dark humour of the story I wrote while in the throes of a divorce.

What I'm saying here applies even more to my music (my main creative outlet): I replay my old songs often, but they sound to me like somebody else's music.

 

[Emirus]

When I’m stuck, which is fairly often, I read again the stories I have favourited and it’s not difficult. I don’t have many and I only favourite those I would read again rather than those I’ve enjoyed but are happy with reading them only once. There is a difference. I also read my own but that’s to see what I consider I did right and where I consider I went wrong.

My favourite single story is Mercedes Bends and series is anything by Syptembersmyth. I’ve read them more than once and enjoyed them each time even although I know what’s coming.

I don’t see anything wrong in reading stories by other writers or telling them what I thought of the story. I recently read, in the space of 24 hours, two stories by the same writer. I left comments on both saying I thought the first was bad and the second excellent. I was pleasantly surprised when they subsequently emailed me, thanking me for my comments, and saying they agreed with me. They are a regular contributor on here, I’ve read many of their comments, and I’m not surprised by their courtesy. Having just looked at my list of favourite writers I’ve decided it needs editing because many haven’t written anything for years and may have given up or departed.

 

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

My worry is repetition of things I've forgotten.

 

[ElectricBlue]

My worry is repetition of things I've forgotten.

That's okay, because you won't remember anyway. Just so long as you don't do it in the same story .

 

[oggbashan]

My worry is repetition of things I've forgotten.

I've done that once. I posted a story, upgraded computers, and found a nearly complete draft that I thought I hadn't finished so amended it and posted it again.

The two nearly identical stories are:

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/escaping-cybele

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/limit-of-authority

The second one is Hot. The first one is just below 4.5

 

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

That's okay, because you won't remember anyway. Just so long as you don't do it in the same story .

That's the thing. I'm worried about doing it in different chapters of the same story!

Not the plot, of course, but little conversational fillips, or even more likely, sequences/descriptions within sex scenes.

 

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

I've done that once. I posted a story, upgraded computers, and found a nearly complete draft that I thought I hadn't finished so amended it and posted it again.

The two nearly identical stories are:

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/escaping-cybele

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/limit-of-authority

The second one is Hot. The first one is just below 4.5

Which did you prefer after you reread them both?

 

[oggbashan]

Which did you prefer after you reread them both?

I agree with the voters. The second just has the edge.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I remember each story I write or have posted here and other places. I do however sometimes go back and read one just for fun and either cringe or shake my head in surprise at what I wrote.

I might not be able to remember what I had for lunch yesterday, oh, wait, I skipped lunch. Oops.

 

[oggbashan]

I remember each story I write or have posted here and other places. I do however sometimes go back and read one just for fun and either cringe or shake my head in surprise at what I wrote.

I might not be able to remember what I had for lunch yesterday, oh, wait, I skipped lunch. Oops.

In his 90s my father had short term memory loss - not dementia. He would sometimes forget whether he had had breakfast or not but because he used to walk 10 miles before and after breakfast the staff at the residential home would give him a second one (and add it on the monthly bill!). The small additional amount didn't matter because his pension was so large that he was self-financing and adding to his credit bank balance every month.

 

[lovecraft68]

That's the thing. I'm worried about doing it in different chapters of the same story!

Not the plot, of course, but little conversational fillips, or even more likely, sequences/descriptions within sex scenes.

I worry about that and whenever I think 'did I say that' I'll paste it into find and search the doc.

 

[Damoiselle]

My worry is repetition of things I've forgotten.

I've read through chapters in the editing process and realized that I used the same adjective three times in a single paragraph.

 

[oggbashan]

I've read through chapters in the editing process and realized that I used the same adjective three times in a single paragraph.

At least not three times in the same sentence, I've done that. My excuse? I sometimes write long sentences.

 

[jaF0]

I don't believe I've ever re-read one of mine after submission and acceptance.

I don't believe I ever will.