Comments That Make Your Day

[Kumquatqueen]

My day has just been made by this one, on an old story of mine:
"You sound like such a normal horny human being. ... You always manage to see the sexy side of things. Thank you"

I had to write back to say thanks and that it's possibly the first time in my life I've been called 'normal'!

 

[gordo12]

Kind of really like this one too.

Posted on "The Bet" this morning.

"by Anonymous user on 3 hours ago
Did not see that comming.
Great twist, vivid characters, well written.
Spot on!"

 

[gordo12]

I read this thread on Sunday and then received the comment below yesterday, I had to share it. I haven’t had a chance to see whether the writer is an author themselves, I hope they are because they obviously have a gift for prose.

I have this recipe for making ribs… bear with me, here. In my recipe, you season the meat, and then you wrap it in foil really tight, and put it in the oven at 200 degrees for about four hours. Now if you just stopped there and slathered some sauce on them, they would be okay. Nice and tender, and flavorful. But that’s not the final step. After the oven, you put the meat on a hot grill, preferably charcoal, and sear it right over the coals on high heat for the last four or five minutes. That’s what makes them awesome.

That’s what your story did. It was really, really good, and it cooked slowly and surely, getting warmer and warmer until it was just perfectly done. Nice and tender, and very flavorful. If you had ended it when they got back into the car, just hoping that the mom wouldn’t smell them, that story would have been just perfect. But that little interlude in the garage was like me putting my perfectly-cooked ribs on that charcoal fire for the last five minutes, taking them from good to incredible! Good lord, that last part was hot! I don’t think I’ve ever read ANYTHING as hot as those last two sentences!

It made my day because I’d had a couple of negs about the exact same section.

Whoever it was is definitely a foodie! Just reading it made me want to go BBQ some ribs for dinner.

 

[TadOverdon]

I had a nice comment today that's mildly perplexing: "Very well written if a bit science-fictiony."

The whole thing is about some housewives and it's set in a backward small town.

I guess they mean that the storyline is wildly implausible, which is certainly true of most all of old "Tad's" output.

 

[Rustyoznail]

A comment from my second story. Cathy and karate-the beginning

Super
by Anonymous user on 08/31/2019

This story was the best one I've read on this site. It was heartfelt and erotic at the same time. I really felt like they were real people and not scripted character b.s. like most stories. Bravo on a great story hope to read more soon!

I've had a few other nice comments, but that made me feel like a real author.

 

[beachbum1958]

This one gave me pause, just when I was on the brink of chucking it all in:

by Anonymous
03/18/20
rag doll the whole story!
i have read the whole story, i have loved, i have cried, and also felt hatred.
i found that i could not put the story down, i lost 2 nights sleep, and spent 3 days reading this story. i connected rite from the start, rite upto the very last words, thankyou beachbum1958 for the story its one of the best i have ever read. keep up the good work. i will now read all the othe stories that you have written.

This comment made up for all the 'you disgust me sir, writing such filth on such a disgusting site, you're obviously a degenerate pervert' comments without explaining why such morally outraged readers were trawling said site in the first place, so I just put it down to general hate of me, and it upset me that people could express that kind of opinion of me, I don't think I'm a degenerate or a pervert, and it hurt that people would think that. This comment put all that out of my mind, it literally made my day

 

[jomar]

Anonymous called me a “goober gobbler” at one point. That was charming.

 

[TadOverdon]

Anonymous called me a “goober gobbler” at one point. That was charming.

I prefer cashews.

 

[gordo12]

so I just put it down to general hate of me, and it upset me that people could express that kind of opinion of me, I don't think I'm a degenerate or a pervert, and it hurt that people would think that. This comment put all that out of my mind, it literally made my day

Thick skin, not taking it personally, along with the power of delete, work well with morons like that.

Here's a good measure of those comments. Ask yourself if someone would ever dare say them to your face? If the answer is no, their only plan is to upset and sound off their tiny little minds. Hit the delete button.

When I first started, I allowed anyone to comment without censorship. In the last few months, I've gotten sick of idiots and no longer allow unrestricted comments. I updated my profile with the new comment policy. Amazingly those first words appear up in the corner under the new page format. I've noticed a decline in crap comments.

 

[TadOverdon]

I've decided that I'll delete a comment if it puts me down personally. I don't have the patience to be told by a stranger what kind of a person or writer I am.

They're perfectly welcome to tell me that my story is the absolute worst piece of trash they've ever wasted their time on, and that comment will remain.

But this topic is about good comments.

I got some delightful feedback today, which had nothing directly to do with a particular piece I'd written. It may have been intended along the lines of helpful criticism, but I don't even know that.

Someone at lit emailed me this:

Research info you might find interesting for future stories

Comments:

There Are 20 Different Penis Types — and They’re All Normal!
by Adrienne Santos-Longhurst

Penises are as unique as the people they hang from, and they’re all good. More than good, really.

There’s no such thing as a bad shape or size — just bad information on how to use it.

Here’s how to feel great about what you’ve got and what to do with it... https://www.healthline.com/health/types-of-penises

I'm sure that I will find it useful, too!

 

[gordo12]

I've decided that I'll delete a comment if it puts me down personally. I don't have the patience to be told by a stranger what kind of a person or writer I am.

They're perfectly welcome to tell me that my story is the absolute worst piece of trash they've ever wasted their time on, and that comment will remain.

But this topic is about good comments.

I got some delightful feedback today, which had nothing directly to do with a particular piece I'd written. It may have been intended along the lines of helpful criticism, but I don't even know that.

Someone at lit emailed me this:



I'm sure that I will find it useful, too!

Such helpful fans

 

[Comshaw]

Some of the most enjoyable comments I've had:

"I don't usually come back to finish a story if I have to break off part way through. This one kept brining me back and I read it over 4 days. Excellent."


"I'm a ,uh, "mature " reader. This was a great fantasy. both of the characters are people I'd be happy to know. Very real and nice types that can and will do the right thing. A rare thing in this world. A very decent bit of indecency."


"I chose this story expecting a good-read but didn't find it. I found an excellent read. The characters and story line captured me quickly and kept my interest (a 5 star read). My interest is the characters, their relationship, and how well the story line is written. The accuracy of history is not what this story is about - it's about people and relationships. It felt good while reading and after the last word. Many thanks to the author for capturing my mind for a short time and leaving an excellent impression."

When I can hook a reader and have them return to a story when they usually don't, tells me I did something right.

When I can coax a reader to smile, make them long for what I describe, I've done something right.

When I can capture their mind, make them enter the world I created and feel for or with the characters in my story, I've done something right.

Comshaw

 

[CyranoJ]

Post your comments when a fan makes your day.

My fave is still the "negative" commenter who indirectly compared "Heart of a Lion" to Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" b/c they mistakenly thought my heroines were retreads of George and Lennie. It was not at all meant as a compliment, but gosh darn it, it was.

Apart from that, I've been pleased with the sporadic but largely positive feedback on stories like "Heart of a Lion" (still my sole award-winner on Literotica, but also one of my only two [correction, three] contest entries and IIRC the first award-winner from the NCR category, so I'm quite proud of that), "The Game," "Strange Hunger" and "Making the Scene in Room 116" (probably my most roughly-hewn story on Lit but also inarguably one of my most popular).

I owe to this particular forum the idea for "A Short Disclaimer," which to date is my sole foray into "Humor & Satire" and has the sole distinction of being the only prose I've ever written, anywhere and in any genre, that has been translated into Hungarian.

 

[XerXesXu]

Post your comments when a fan makes your day.

'by Whackdoodle  on 04/29/2021
Are you retarded? This was like reading a story written by a monkey and we are worse for reading it.
I have no idea what the hell you wrote and have zero desire to revisit this abortion.
I usually suggest an editor; but in your case...therapy. And maybe a prison sentence because you, sue, are a menace to society and it wouldn’t surprise to discover that you’re a sex offender on parole.'

Loved it. I admire people who try.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I liked this recent comment:

"I can’t wait to read more. I must, though, to make this last longer."

 

[TadOverdon]

I got two really nice emails today, each otherwise very different, but both of which asked at some point "how much of what you write really happened?" It's clear that they would like to hear that some of this outrageous stuff has happened to me or to someone I know.

What's up with that? My characters carry on in extreme, ridiculous ways and, oh just by-the-by, frequently do things of dubious legality. Very little porn fiction I read here or anywhere online seems likely to be a case of changing-the-names-to-protect-the-innocent, least of all the stories that lead with a paragraph insisting that they're true events.

I call it the "Penthouse Letters syndrome" - you know, "I never believed I'd be writing to Penthouse, but this really happened..."

But then, there are folks online who think Gene Rodenberry was in telepathic contact with people on other planets, so...

 

[moreandmore]

In my humble opinion, the goal of writing is to evoke emotion from your readers.

so....when I got this one...

"Title:

You sick fucking piece of sub-human cuck shit

Comments:

Eat shit and die you sub-human trash."

...I knew that I'd accomplished my goal. 'twas a LW story with a 4.3ish rating and about 40 favs

Different strokes for different folks, but comments like the above don't faze me, they validate me. I still delete comments I don't like or comments from people I don't like.

 

[TadOverdon]

Okay, then...

 

[SyleusSnow]

I rarely get negative comments, though it seems to be increasing.

Don't think I've shared this comment before. If so, here it is again:

I just able to sigh. Damn i have no word to describe it. As someone from non English society came to English bcoz only to seek their great sexual literature, this one was the special among others to me. Your story language is easy so i can understand and your characters has great shapes each other to make an tasty story... I really honoured and graceful to read it freely, dear writer honestly. I doesn't have words to describe it, pardon me for my limited English. Thank you very much.

Nice to have a story called "tasty" That the reader took time to comment though they struggle with English makes it even more meaningful.

 

[lovecraft68]

This one gave me pause, just when I was on the brink of chucking it all in:

by Anonymous
03/18/20
rag doll the whole story!
i have read the whole story, i have loved, i have cried, and also felt hatred.
i found that i could not put the story down, i lost 2 nights sleep, and spent 3 days reading this story. i connected rite from the start, rite upto the very last words, thankyou beachbum1958 for the story its one of the best i have ever read. keep up the good work. i will now read all the othe stories that you have written.

This comment made up for all the 'you disgust me sir, writing such filth on such a disgusting site, you're obviously a degenerate pervert' comments without explaining why such morally outraged readers were trawling said site in the first place, so I just put it down to general hate of me, and it upset me that people could express that kind of opinion of me, I don't think I'm a degenerate or a pervert, and it hurt that people would think that. This comment put all that out of my mind, it literally made my day

I don't think that the people who leave the shitty comments hate any of us personally, its the stories. Especially in incest.

And as you're saying, the fact these people who claim to have all this outrage are on this site at all is the only indictment you need on how seriously to take them.

 

[SamScribble]

We had a discussion recently about whether a story could ever be too descriptive. Yesterday, one of my more descriptive stories received the comment: 'loved the deep descriptions of everything, the clothes, the food ... and of course the underwear, the hairy cunts and lingerie'. That made it worthwhile getting out of bed in the morning.

 

[TadOverdon]

I just got this one on the last chapter of a book:

An excellent series, beautifully prepared and written.
A few errors passed your editor, but on the whole a delightful work.
Thank you for sharing this excellent story with us.

It's brief and enthusiastic and general - and, you know, it's just nice when someone takes a minute to give positive feedback. I think when folks really like something they're less likely to say anything than when they hate it - the happy folk just go off and smoke a cigarette or something. LOL

Anyway, I bitch enough around here about the nasty comments so thought I should mention a nice one.

 

[SimonDoom]

I got this one for my latest story, Summer At The Lake With My Sister:

I loved this story as much for the hot, forbidden sex as I did for the brilliant descriptions of the glory of nature. I love being outdoors, and ducking outdoors, and I could almost feel the breeze on my skin and smell the pine aroma in the air as I read this epic tale.

I appreciated it a lot because combining the sensuality of nature and of the relationship was a big part of what I was trying to do in this story.

 

[SamScribble]

'A lovely story that sucked me in quickly and held my interest. I forgot that I was supposed to be reading a ‘sex story’; George was such an interesting character that I would have given it 5 stars even if there had been no sex at all.'​

So nice to have the occasional grown-up reader.

 

[gordo12]

So nice to have the occasional grown-up reader.

Yes, when they show themselves it is a treat!